PONTIFICAL
Scrabble letter values: P3O1N1T1I1F4I1C3A1L1 = 17
Definition
- noun the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop).
- adjective proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles. — synonyms: papal, apostolic, apostolical
- adjective denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops. — synonyms: episcopal
- adjective puffed up with vanity. — synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous
Examples
- “papal dispensation”
- “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”
- “overblown oratory”