pon·tif·i·cal /pɑnˈtɪfɪkəl/
(a.)羅馬教皇的,主教的,祭司長的主教祭服及徽章,主教儀典書
Pon·tif·ic·al a.
1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
2. Of or pertaining to the building of bridges. [R.]
Now had they brought the work by wondrous art
Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock
Over the vexed abyss. --Milton.
Pon·tif·ic·al, n.
1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
2. pl. The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. “Dressed in full pontificals.”
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pontifical
adj 1: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the
papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;
"papal dispensation" [syn: papal, apostolic, apostolical]
2: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
[syn: episcopal]
3: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful
manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech";
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"-
Newsweek [syn: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous]