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Definition of: pontifical
(pon·tif′i·kəl) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to or appropriate for a pontiff.
2. Having the pomp or dogmatism sometimes ascribed to a pontiff; hence, haughty; pompous; dogmatic. [<L pontificalis <pontifex a pontifex]
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