What does "pontifical" mean?
Pontifical: Of or pertaining to the building of bridges. [R.] Now had they brought the work by wondrous art Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock Over the vexed abyss. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. South.
- 3.pl. The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. "Dressed in full pontificals." Sir W. Scott.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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