early 15c., from Middle French pontifical and directly from Latin pontificalis "of or pertaining to the high priest," from pontifex (see pontifex). Hence pontificalia "trappings of a bishop."
pontifical 英文释义
1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;
"papal dispensation"
2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
3. puffed up with vanity;
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
"overblown oratory"
"a pompous speech"
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
pontifical 双语例句
1. His words criticising modern society just right indicate his pontifical character.
他用以批评现代社会的言论恰好反映了他自大武断的性格。
来自辞典例句
2. Papal diplomats , all priests nowadays , are trained at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome.
