pontifical
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pontificālis.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /pɑnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/
Adjective
editpontifical (comparative more pontifical, superlative most pontifical)
- Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
- Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
- Splendid; magnificent.
- Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
- (chiefly poetic) Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof or pertaining to a pontiff
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pompous, dignified or dogmatic
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Noun
editpontifical (plural pontificals)
- A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
- 1995, Richard A. Jackson, Ordines coronationis Franciae […] , page 30:
- Both ordines are related to an ordo in a pontifical in Reims, the Ordo of 1200 (Ordo XIX). The latter was to be consulted again and again, and its formulas were to have a marked effect upon the French ceremony; […]
- 2001, Leon F. Strieder, The Promise of Obedience: A Ritual History, page 32:
- William Durandus, bishop of Mende in the south of France, compiled a pontifical in three books. William never intended his work to be a universal pontifical, but its clarity of arrangement and quality of substance, along with […]
Usage notes
editThe plural, pontificals, refers to "the vestments of a bishop".
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpontifical (feminine pontificale, masculine plural pontificaux, feminine plural pontificales)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “pontifical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pontifical, from Latin pontificalis. By surface analysis, pontifice + -al.
Adjective
editpontifical m or n (feminine singular pontificală, masculine plural pontificali, feminine and neuter plural pontificale)
Declension
editDeclension of pontifical
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | pontifical | pontificală | pontificali | pontificale | ||
definite | pontificalul | pontificala | pontificalii | pontificalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | pontifical | pontificale | pontificali | pontificale | ||
definite | pontificalului | pontificalei | pontificalilor | pontificalelor |
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editpontifical m or f (masculine and feminine plural pontificales)
- pontifical
Further reading
edit- “pontifical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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