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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Next to his suite is a Roman Catholic chapel, the Saturnia and her sistership Vulcania, being the only ships pontifically authorized to carry the sacrament.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is unwise," pontifically observed a hotel proprietor.
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
“I am a genius,” he said shortly after arriving back in Iceland, not pontifically but sincerely.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
