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单词 pontifical
释义 pontifical
 —pontifically,  adv.  
 /pon tif"i keuhl/,  adj.  
  1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  2. pompous, dogmatic, or pretentious: to resent someone's pontifical manner.
  n.  
  3. (in the Western Church) a book containing the forms for the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies to be performed by bishops.
  4. pontificals, the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff, esp. a bishop.
 [1350-1400; ME < L pontificalis, equiv. to pontific- (s. of pontifex) PONTIFEX + -alis -AL1]
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