proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; papal dispensation

[ Syn: papal , apostolic , apostolical ]

denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

[ Syn: episcopal ]

the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

puffed up with vanity; a grandiloquent and boastful manner; overblown oratory; a pompous speech; pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey- Newsweek

[ Syn: grandiloquent , overblown , pompous , portentous ]