Dictionary Check: pontifical

"pontifical" is a valid word!

Scrabble 17 points
Words with Friends 21 points

Definition

adjective

proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

Example: "papal dispensation"
adjective

denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

Synonyms:
adjective

puffed up with vanity

Example: "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
noun

the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

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