pontifical
noun
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L325704 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- from or relating to the pope
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/ / /pɑnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Italic *ponts Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Proto-Italic *pontifaks Latin pontifex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin pontificālislbor. English pontifical Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
- Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
- 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 or forming of bridges.
“Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Italic *ponts Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Proto-Italic *pontifaks Latin pontifex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin pontificālislbor. English pontifical Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
- A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
“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; […]”
“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 […]”