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pontifical

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pontifical
1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff, the pope, or a bishop
2. RC Church Church of England a book containing the prayers and ritual instructions for ceremonies restricted to a bishop


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Countless are they who, born of mean parentage, have risen to the highest dignities, pontifical and imperial, and of the truth of this I could give thee instances enough to weary thee.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
Claude assumed the majestic and pontifical attitude of a Samuel.
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"I beg pardon--Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children--I must apologize, I had inadvertently omitted a considerable section of this audience" (tumult, during which the Professor stood with one hand raised and his enormous head nodding sympathetically, as if he were bestowing a pontifical blessing upon the crowd), "I have been selected to move a vote of thanks to Mr.
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