pontificals

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English

Noun

pontificals

  1. plural of pontifical
  2. The vestments of a bishop, priest, or pope.
    • 1868, Charles Callahan Perkins, Italian sculptors (page 121)
      The pope sits upon a draped throne chair, robed in full pontificals, holding the keys in one hand, and giving the benediction with the other.