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pontifical

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin pontificālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pontifical (comparative more pontifical, superlative most pontifical)

  1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
    1. Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
    2. Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
  2. Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
  3. Splendid; magnificent.
  4. Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
  5. (chiefly poetic) Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.

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Noun

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pontifical (plural pontificals)

  1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
    • 1995, Richard A. Jackson, Ordines coronationis Franciae [] , page 30:
      Both ordines are related to an ordo in a pontifical in Reims, the Ordo of 1200 (Ordo XIX). The latter was to be consulted again and again, and its formulas were to have a marked effect upon the French ceremony; []
    • 2001, Leon F. Strieder, The Promise of Obedience: A Ritual History, page 32:
      William Durandus, bishop of Mende in the south of France, compiled a pontifical in three books. William never intended his work to be a universal pontifical, but its clarity of arrangement and quality of substance, along with []
    • 2007, Terence Bailey, Alma Colk Santosuosso, editors, Music in Medieval Europe [] , Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN, page 199:
      If the editio princeps was an attempt to create an authoritative version of the pontifical, such was not yet attainable.

Usage notes

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The plural, pontificals, refers to "the vestments of a bishop".

French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.

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Adjective

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pontifical (feminine pontificale, masculine plural pontificaux, feminine plural pontificales)

  1. pontifical

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pontifical, from Latin pontificalis. By surface analysis, pontifice +‎ -al.

Adjective

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pontifical m or n (feminine singular pontificală, masculine plural pontificali, feminine and neuter plural pontificale)

  1. pontifical

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite pontifical pontificală pontificali pontificale
definite pontificalul pontificala pontificalii pontificalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite pontifical pontificale pontificali pontificale
definite pontificalului pontificalei pontificalilor pontificalelor

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pontifiˈkal/ [põn̪.t̪i.fiˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pon‧ti‧fi‧cal

Adjective

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pontifical m or f (masculine and feminine plural pontificales)

  1. pontifical

Further reading

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