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Synonyms for Pontifical (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles):
apostolic, papal, apostolical

WordNet sense 2 (denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops):
episcopal

WordNet sense 3 (puffed up with vanity):
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous

WordNet sense 4 (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction):
pretentious


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