Pontifical 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam used in authentic and short passages with illustrations in our visual dictionary and thesaurus to improve your listening and reading comprehension
/pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/ (adj)
Definition
pompous and bombastic, arrogant, dogmatic, domineering, self-important, pontificating, authoritarian, opinionated, grandiose, bumptious, superior, pretentious, portentous, stubborn, swaggering, pertinacious
relating to a pope, priest, bishop or pontifex, papal, prelatic, episcopal
Example
Tabloid fodder for the ages, mad and pontifical monarchs have been the focal point of fascination, and controversy for as long as there have been human rulers. The granddaddy of all mad kings is King Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian ruler whose first-person account of a seven-year descent into animal-like insanity is one of the most fascinating sections.
Source of example: https://www.history.com/
Antonyms
modest, humble
Parts of speech
Noun: pontifex
Noun: pontiff
Adverb: pontifically
Adjective: pontificating
Verb: pontificate
