pontificality

pontificality

(pɒnˌtɪfɪˈkælɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) ecclesiast a priestly role or office2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) ecclesiast obsolete a priestly garment

pontificality

1. the papacy.
2. the state and government of the Vatican or the Pope.
See also: Pope

Pontificality

 prelates collectivelyBk. of St. Albans, 1486.Examples: pontificality of Aaron, 1727; of these truckling Sadducees, 1879.