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pontifical 音標拼音: [pɑnt'ɪfəkəl] a. 羅馬教皇的,主教的,祭司長的
n. 主教祭服及徽章,主教儀典書 羅馬教皇的,主教的,祭司長的主教祭服及徽章,主教儀典書 pontifical adj 1: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; " papal dispensation" [ synonym: { papal}, { apostolic}, { apostolical}, { pontifical}] 2: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops [ synonym: { episcopal}, { pontifical}] 3: puffed up with vanity; " a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; " overblown oratory"; " a pompous speech"; " pseudo- scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [ synonym: { grandiloquent}, { overblown}, { pompous}, { pontifical}, { portentous}] n 1: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff ( especially a bishop) Pontifical \ Pon* tif" ic* al\, a. [ L. pontificalis: cf. F. pontifical. See { Pontiff}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the building of bridges. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Now had they brought the work by wondrous art Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock Over the vexed abyss. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Pontifical \ Pon* tif" ic* al\, n. [ F.] 1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 2. pl. The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. " Dressed in full pontificals." -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for " pontifical": apostolic, arrogant, bigoted, bloated, bombastic, conceited, doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dogmatic, dogmatizing, flatulent, formal, gassy, grandiloquent, important, inflated, magisterial, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, oracular, papal, papish, papist, papistic, peremptory, pompous, popish, positive, positivistic, pronunciative, puffy, self- important, self- opinionated, self- opinioned, solemn, stilted, stuffy, swollen, tumid, turgid
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