pontifical
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pontificalis.
Adjective
pontifical (comparative more pontifical, superlative most pontifical)
- Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
- Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
- Splendid; magnificent.
- Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
- Of or relating to the building of bridges.
- (Can we date this quote by Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.
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Derived terms
Translations
Of or pertaining to a pontiff
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Pompous, dignified or dogmatic
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Noun
pontifical (plural pontificals)
- A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
- 1995, Richard A. Jackson, Ordines coronationis Franciae: texts and ordines for the coronation of Frankish and French kings and queens in the Middle Ages, 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 […]
- 1995, Richard A. Jackson, Ordines coronationis Franciae: texts and ordines for the coronation of Frankish and French kings and queens in the Middle Ages, page 30:
Usage notes
The plural, pontificals, refers to "the vestments of a bishop".
French
Adjective
pontifical (feminine pontificale, masculine plural pontificaux, feminine plural pontificales)
Further reading
- “pontifical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Adjective
pontifical m or f (masculine and feminine plural pontificales)
- pontifical