pontifical

adj. of a pontiff, of the Pope; authoritative; self-righteous, pompous

Pontifical, from the Latin pontificalis, is an adjective used to describe anything connected with the office of a prelate, usually a bishop or an abbot. It is often used in connection with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome and bearer of the old Roman title Pontifex Maximus. When used substantively, it can refer to a number of ecclesiastical institutions and practices.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Adjective
1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
(synonym) papal, apostolic, apostolical
(pertainym) Pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome
2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
(synonym) episcopal
(pertainym) bishop
3. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
(synonym) grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous
(similar) pretentious

adj. pontifical, of a pontiff, of the Pope, authoritative

n. pontifical, of a pontiff, of the Pope, authoritative

adj. pontifical, of a pontiff, of the Pope

n. pontificals; pontifical