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- (in the Roman Catholic Church) of or relating to a pontiff（罗马天主教用语）教皇的：
a pontifical commission.
教皇任命状。
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- characterized by a pompous and superior air of infallibility自负的, 武断的：
such explanations were greeted with pontifical disdain.
这样的解释遭到了那些自命不凡者的鄙夷。
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- rare (in the Roman Catholic Church) an office book of the Western Church containing rites to be performed by the Pope or bishops〈罕〉（罗马天主教用语）教皇仪典书; 主教仪典书。
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pontificals
the vestments and insignia of a bishop, cardinal, or abbot（主教、红衣主教或修道士的）法衣, 徽章：a bishop in full pontificals.
穿着全套法衣的主教。
派生词
pontifically
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Latin pontificalis, from pontifex （see PONTIFEX）.