pontifical
adjective
relating to or proceeding from a pope or from the office of the pope; papal.
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Most unpontifically, the Roman Pontiff plunged among them, raising children high in the air, throwing a hammerlock on old acquaintances, hugging and blessing the pilgrims.
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