Meanings
adjectivepontificial (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletepapal; pontifical
pontificial writers
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinpontificius
- Englishpontificial
From Latin pontificius.
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pontificial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontificial
MLA
“pontificial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontificial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pontificial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontificial.
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