| 单词 | pontifical |
| 释义 | pontifical (once / 4837 pages) adjn If you ever listen to talk radio you'll hear some fairly pontifical talk going on — that is, puffed up, vain, overblown speech from someone convinced he alone is right. What he's doing is pontificating. Pontifical also has a strictly religious meaning, in the sense of anything related to the Pope since the Pope is also known as the Pontiff, or supreme head of the Roman Catholic church. Because Catholic doctrine regards the Pope as being incapable of being wrong, his pontifical utterances are therefore deemed quite infallible. WORD FAMILYpontifical: pontifically, pontificals+/pontiff: pontiffs, pontifical USAGE EXAMPLESSome 300 Jesuits studying or working in Rome attended the screening Tuesday at the Pontifical Oriental Institute. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) The film was being screened Tuesday for Jesuit priests at a pontifical university. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) Pacing a stage in the middle of the gym at Lima’s Pontifical Catholic University, his jacket off, Obama spent an hour answering questions from students. Washington Post(Nov 21, 2016) 1adj proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles Syn apostolic, apostolical, papal 2adj denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops Syn episcopal 3adj puffed up with vanity "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek Syn grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction 4n the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) Hyper vestment gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy |
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