pontifical

Meanings

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
• denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

Adjective Satellite

• puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek
  • "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"

Synonyms

apostolic, apostolical, episcopal, grandiloquent, overblown, papal, pompous, portentous