pontificals
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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On high festivals the statue is dressed up in full pontificals.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
On the left hand stands Aaron in full pontificals, as set forth in the Book of Leviticus or that of Numbers.
From As We Are and As We May Be by Besant, Walter, Sir
Bishop Laval in pontificals, surrounded by the priests of his diocese, awaited the royal envoy at the top of Mountain Hill, which was then the only practicable highway between the Lower and the Upper Town.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
Accordingly, next morning he appeared with his clerk, and, in his pontificals, read several prayers in the established form, and then read the collect for the seventh day of September, which was the thirty-fifth psalm.
From The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776 by Watson, Henry C.
Then comes the Archbishop himself, robed in full pontificals, though, out of respect to the Pallium, with bare feet.
From The Purpose of the Papacy by Vaughan, John S. (John Stephen)
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