pontifically

英[pɒn'tɪfɪkl] 美[pɑːn'tɪfɪkl]
  • adj.自以为是的;武断的;教皇的;大祭司的n.主教于祭典所用的书;主教的祭服
Noun:
  1. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

Adjective:
  1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;

    "papal dispensation"

  2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

  3. puffed up with vanity;

    "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
    "overblown oratory"
    "a pompous speech"
    "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"

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