pontifical
adjective
relating to or proceeding from a pope or from the office of the pope; papal.
pontifically
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a word derived from
pontifical.
Example Sentences
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German bankers pontifically presume that, if they prosper, they can help their country prosper.
From Time Magazine Archive
"This case," pontifically agreed Senator Overton, "is sui generis."
From Time Magazine Archive
Archbishop Diaz stooped, puffed, fumbled, handed the brilliants pontifically to an attendant, and the fiesta went on.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The first quoting interview ever given by J. Stalin to a foreign journalist was obtained by Eugene Lyons," you pontifically announce.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I am a genius,” he said shortly after arriving back in Iceland, not pontifically but sincerely.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
