Pon*tif"ic*al (?), a. [L. pontificalis: cf. F. pontifical. See Pontiff.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
2.
Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
[R.]
Now had they brought the work by wondrous art
Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock
Over the vexed abyss.
Milton.
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Pon*tif"ic*al, n. [F.]
1.
A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
South.
2. pl.
The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
"Dressed in full
pontificals."
Sir W. Scott.
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