
pontifical
adj 1: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the
papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;
"papal dispensation" [syn: {papal}, {apostolic}, {apostolical}]
2: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
[syn: {episcopal}]
3: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful
manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech";
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"-
Newsweek [syn: {grandiloquent}, {overblown}, {pompous}, {portentous}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0