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pontifical

/pɑnˈtɪfəkəl/ · 10 letters · 9 distinct letters

  1. noun

    the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

  2. adjective

    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

    papal dispensation

  3. adjective

    denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

  4. adjective

    puffed up with vanity; ; ; ;, Newsweek

    a grandiloquent and boastful manner

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