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单词 pontificious
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pontificiousadj.

Forms: 1600s pontificeous, 1600s–1700s pontificious.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pontificius , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin pontificius of or relating to a pontifex, in post-classical Latin also papal, episcopal (1254, 16th cent. in British sources; 15th cent. in continental sources) and as noun, papist, interpreter of canon law (16th cent. in British and continental sources; < pontific- , pontifex pontifex n. + -ius, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix.
Obsolete.
Papal; papist.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adjective]
papala1393
pontifical1447
apostolic1477
antichristian1532
popal1537
popisha1540
popely1558
papist1562
popelike1563
popan1580
papane1581
pontific1609
popizing1611
papizing1612
pontificious1624
papal1701
papalist1867
1624 Gag for Pope 36 The Maiesty of England hath written a discourse against this Pontificeous vsurpation.
1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne vii. 186 How defective this particular is in proofs, I appeal to all Pontificious Writers, and indifferent Readers.
1719 M. Shelton Hist. & Crit. Ess. Rise Nobility (ed. 2) v. 319 The Power that makes them..is exercis'd also by the Pope, altho' some Lawyers of the Empire that are not Pontificious, quarrel at him for it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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