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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pon•tif•i•cal /pɑnˈtɪfɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to a pontiff:a pontifical decree.
pompous;
overly self-important:the law professor's pontifical air. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pon•tif•i•cal (pon tif′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Religionof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pontiff;
papal. - pompous, dogmatic, or pretentious:to resent someone's pontifical manner.
n. - Religion(in the Western Church) a book containing the forms for the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies to be performed by bishops.
- Religion pontificals, the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff, esp. a bishop.
- Latin pontificālis, equivalent. to pontific- (stem of pontifex) pontifex + -ālis -al1
- Middle English 1350–1400
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