pontificial

English

Etymology

From Latin pontificius.

Adjective

pontificial (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) papal; pontifical
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     pontificial writers

References

• “pontificial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.