pontifical
adjective/pɒnˈtɪfɪkl/
/pɑːnˈtɪfɪkl/
(formal)- connected with a popeWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin pontificalis, from pontifex, from pons, pont- ‘bridge’ + -fex from facere ‘make’.
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