Category:Pontifical

Pon*tif"ic*al, a. Etym: [l. pontificalis: cf. F. pontifical. See Pontiff.]

1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical Authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.

2. 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.

Pontifical Pon*tif"ic*al, n. Etym: [f.]

1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. South.

2. pl.

Defn: the dress and ornaments of a pontiff. "dressed in full Pontificals." Sir w. Scott.