pontifical

名词 pontifical:

1. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

形容词 pontifical:

1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
   同义词：papal, apostolic, apostolical
2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
   同义词：episcopal
3. puffed up with vanity- Newsweek
   同义词：grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous

pon.tif.i.cal

adj.（形容词）
Relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a pope or a bishop.
教皇的，主教的：关于或适于教皇或主教的；具有教皇或主教特征的
Having the dignity, pomp, or authority of a pontiff or a bishop.
有教皇权威的，有教皇身份的：具有一位教皇或一名主教的尊严、华贵或权威的
Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.
自命不凡的；爱炫耀的：自负而武断的或自命不凡的；爱炫耀的
n.（名词）
pontificals The vestments and insignia of a pontiff or a bishop.
pontificals 主教的祭服，主教的徽章：教皇或主教的法衣或徽章
A book of forms for ceremonies performed by a bishop.
主教于祭典所用的书

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin pontific3lis [of a pontifex]
源自 拉丁语 pontific3lis [教皇或大祭司的]
from pontifex pontific- [pontifex] * see pontifex
源自 pontifex pontific- [教皇或大祭司] *参见 pontifex

【引伸】
pontif.ically
adv.（副词）