1. (

• pontifical

) the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) ;

1. (

• papal ,
• apostolic ,
• apostolical ,
• pontifical ,

) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation" ;

2. (

• episcopal ,
• pontifical

) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops ;

3. (

• grandiloquent ,
• overblown ,
• pompous ,
• pontifical ,
• portentous

) puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek ;