pontificals
Britishplural noun
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Mass was performed by the cardinal-viceroy in his pontificals.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
At the altar was a priest dressed in splendid pontificals.
From Rollo on the Rhine by Abbott, Jacob
The British Museum possesses a number of pontificals and other illustrated manuscripts containing artistic representations of clerks.
From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The papal nuncio, dressed in his pontificals, took a prominent station on the mole; and as each vessel passed successively before him, he bestowed on it his apostolic benediction.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
In the year 1607, on the demolition of this church, the body was exhumed and found entire, as well as the pontificals in which it was arrayed.
From Pope Adrian IV An Historical Sketch by Raby, Richard
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