pontifical

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/    美 /pɑnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
    — Both ordines are related to an ordo in a pontifical in Reims, the Ordo of 1200 (Ordo XIX). The latter was to be consulted again and again, and its formulas were to have a marked effect upon the French ceremony; […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.; Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
  2. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.; Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
  3. Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
  4. Splendid; magnificent.
  5. Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
  6. Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges. poetic
    — Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.

词形变化

more pontifical comparative most pontifical superlative pontificals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
pontifical cell pontificality pontifically unpontifical

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pent-
Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s
Proto-Italic *ponts
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-faks
Proto-Italic *pontifaks
Latin pontifex
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin pontificālislbor.
English pontifical
Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pent-
Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s
Proto-Italic *ponts
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-faks
Proto-Italic *pontifaks
Latin pontifex
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin pontificālislbor.
English pontifical
Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
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