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English to English adjective
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proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles |  | Example: papal dispensation
source: wordnet30
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denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops | | source: wordnet30
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Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal. | | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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puffed up with vanity | | Example: a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey
source: wordnet30
noun
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the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) | | source: wordnet30
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A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. | | source: webster1913
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