Dictionary definition · pontifical
noun
- the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
adjective
- proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles"papal dispensation"
- denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
- puffed up with vanity"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).