Examples of 'pontifical' in a sentence
Meaning of "pontifical"
Pontifical (adjective): Relating to a pope or bishop; very formal and dignified, often in a way that seems too proud or serious
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- Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
- Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
- Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
- Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
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Tiara and pontifical vestments are a perfect fit.
I read and reread the pontifical yearbook.
Pontifical catholic university of goias dean of graduate studies and research.
For the religious institute of pontifical right.
The exercise of pontifical authority should be regulated by the ecclesiastical canons.
Called before the pontifical judge.
If the lansquenetes can have on day ahead of the pontifical.
Experience the various pontifical ceremonies.
The Pontifical blessing at the end of the ceremony.
She is the first woman to head a pontifical university.
It also adorns the pontifical rings and the crowns of the christian kings.
She was the first woman to head a pontifical university.
He took the pontifical name of Francis.
It is the same with several of the pontifical ceremonies.
Pontifical Documents are explicit on that subject.
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Kasper proposes appointing women as heads of pontifical councils.
The soldiers of the pontifical army had cut the ropes.
Most of the major religious orders are congregations of pontifical right.
He was detained at the pontifical curia at Orvieto.
Such cases were also specifically made subject to the pontifical secret.
A Pontifical Council is limited because it has no legal power.
Such division of the body required pontifical permission.
He served briefly as a Pontifical Zouave but was recognized and arrested.
Religious congregations and pious societies under pontifical authority.
There was talk of a Pontifical Council made of young people.
Discover the reconstituted palace at the time of the pontifical court.
He was a member of the pontifical college and of the Arval Brethren.
Shortly after this the same pontiff appointed him pontifical preacher.
There were Pontifical troops too.
There is a schismatic attitude in the fact of consecrating bishops without pontifical mandate.
It is called the pontifical secret.
The pontifical sovereignty notion is particular to the Catholic Church.
Indirect references and copies of inscriptions with excerpts of pontifical edicts are what we have.
He was summoned to the elite Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy where he studied diplomacy.
He himself said mass daily and performed the majority of pontifical masses himself.
The academy is one of the Pontifical academies at the Vatican in Rome.
So these rites apart formed the Pontifical.
Plus XI made the Commission pontifical and expanded its powers.
To compliment his friend on his elevation to the Pontifical chair.
The Roman pontifical universities have become chairs of Modernist pestilence.
The gremiale is never used during pontifical Vespers.
He then attended the Pontifical Gregorian University where he obtained a license in social science.
In Rome there are a number of pontifical universities.
Head of Pontifical Academy for Sciences says GMOs are step forward for evolution.
Claude assumed the majestic and pontifical attitude of a Samuel.
The Pontifical Mass lasted three hours.
Vatican appoints first woman rector of pontifical university in Rome.
The Prefecture of the Pontifical House is the single office in charge of issuing tickets.
Paul VI had been in good health prior to his pontifical election.
He served for two years at the pontifical representation in the Dominican Republic.
