pontifical
adjective
religionspecializeduk/pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.kəl/us/pɑːnˈtɪf.ɪ.kəl/relatingto thepositionorauthorityof the Pope(= theleaderof theRomanCatholicChurch):
"Pontificalsecrecy" inrelationtocanonicalinvestigationsis stillpartof Canon Law.
importantpontificaldocuments
Synonym
papal
- In the Sixties, a pontificalcommissiononcontraceptionrecommendedthat Rome shouldliftitsbanonartificialbirthcontrol.
- Armati was agraduateof the pontificaluniversityof Rome.
- It was theyearof the pontificalvisitof PopeJohnPaul II to Ukraine.
Religious leaders & officials
- anti-papal
- apostolic
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- clerical
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- minister
- ministry
- muezzin
- mullah
- non-clerical
- priestly
- primate
- rabbi
- rabbinical
- rector
- the Dalai Lama