What is another word for pontifical?
Pronunciation:
[ pəntˈɪfɪkə͡l], [ pəntˈɪfɪkəl], [ p_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_k_əl]
Related words: pontifical michigan, pontifical college, pontifical institute of philosophy, pontifical university, pontifical university of bologna, pontifical law institute
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Synonyms for Pontifical:
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adj.
• judicial • clerical- Theocratical ,
- holy ,
- more apostolic ,
- more cleric ,
- more ecclesiastic ,
- more episcopal ,
- more monkish ,
- more parsonical ,
- more parsonish ,
- more prelatic ,
- more rabbinical ,
- more theocratical ,
- most apostolic ,
- most cleric ,
- most ecclesiastic ,
- most episcopal ,
- most monkish ,
- most parsonical ,
- most parsonish ,
- most prelatic ,
- most rabbinical ,
- most theocratical ,
- priestlier ,
- priestliest .
- Over-bearing ,
- high flown ,
- highflown ,
- more highfaluting ,
- most highfaluting ,
- over bearing ,
- over blown ,
- over-blown ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- stuckup ,
- up pity ,
- up-pity .
- bornagain ,
- god fearing ,
- godfearing ,
- more born again ,
- more born-again ,
- more bornagain ,
- more churchgoing ,
- more deistic ,
- more doctrinal ,
- more saintlike ,
- more scriptural ,
- more theistic ,
- most born again ,
- most bornagain ,
- most churchgoing ,
- most deistic ,
- most doctrinal ,
- most saintlike ,
- most scriptural ,
- most theistic ,
- pietistic ,
- sacrosanct ,
- saintlike ,
- scriptural ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural .
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n.
• artifact • grandiloquent • overblown • pope- ablegates ,
- bishop rome ,
- othos ,
- paparchies ,
- pontifex maximus associatedwords papal ,
- pontifex maximus associatedwords papals ,
- pontifex maximus associatedwords: papal ,
- pontifex maximus associatedwords: papals ,
- popedoms ,
- poperies ,
- popishes ,
- vaticans ,
- vice gerents ,
- vice-gerent ,
- vice-gerents ,
- vicegerents .
Other synonyms:
- clerical .
Other relevant words:
- Abbatical ,
- Doctrinarian ,
- Dogmatizing ,
- Ecclesiological ,
- Monachal ,
- Opinioned ,
- Prelatic ,
- Prelatical ,
- Pronunciative ,
- Self-opinioned ,
- Siddur ,
- abbatial ,
- affected ,
- apostolic ,
- apostolical ,
- arbitrary ,
- archiepiscopal ,
- arrogant ,
- assertive ,
- bigoted ,
- bloated ,
- boastful ,
- bombastic ,
- braggart ,
- canon ,
- canonical ,
- capitular ,
- catholic ,
- ceremonious ,
- churchly ,
- conceited ,
- decisive ,
- despotic ,
- dictatorial ,
- doctrinaire ,
- ecclesiastical ,
- egotistical ,
- elevated ,
- enormous ,
- episcopal ,
- episcopalian ,
- exhibitionist ,
- fatal ,
- fateful ,
- flatulent ,
- formal ,
- fustian ,
- gassy ,
- gigantic ,
- grand ,
- grandiose ,
- haughty ,
- hierarchical ,
- hieratic ,
- hifalutin ,
- high ,
- high hat ,
- highfalutin ,
- hoity-toity ,
- huge ,
- imperious ,
- important ,
- inflated ,
- judicial ,
- litany ,
- lofty ,
- magisterial ,
- manual ,
- ministerial ,
- missal ,
- monastic ,
- monkish ,
- obdurate ,
- obstinate ,
- opinionated ,
- opinionative ,
- oracular ,
- ordinal ,
- ostentatious ,
- overbearing ,
- overconfident ,
- overweening ,
- papal ,
- papist ,
- papistic ,
- pastoral ,
- peremptory ,
- pigheaded ,
- pope ,
- popish ,
- positive ,
- positivistic ,
- prayer book ,
- preachy ,
- priest ,
- priest-ridden ,
- priestly ,
- prodigious ,
- proud ,
- puffed-up ,
- puffy ,
- rabbinical ,
- ritual ,
- rubric ,
- sacerdotal ,
- self-important ,
- self-opinionated ,
- showy ,
- snobbish ,
- snooty ,
- snotty ,
- solemn ,
- spiritual leader ,
- stilted ,
- stubborn ,
- stuffy ,
- swollen ,
- tall ,
- theocratic ,
- tumid ,
- turgid ,
- ultramontane ,
- uppity ,
- vain ,
- vainglorious .
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How to use "Pontifical" in context?
The word "pontifical" can be defined as having connections with or pertaining to a pontiff, or the office of a pope. In general, pontiffs are leaders of the Catholic Church, and they oversee the spiritual and organizational matters of the Church. They also play an important political role, as they are consulted on important matters of state by the Roman Catholic Emperor or by the pope's ecclesiastical state.Within the Catholic Church, there are three levels of authority: the local bishop, the metropolitan bishop, and the pope. The pope is the head of the Catholic Church and the sovereign of Vatican City.
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