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Meaning of Pontifical | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l

Definitions

A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.

Equivalents

العربية الملابس الأسقفية
Suomi mahtava mahtipontinen
Français pontifical pontifical
Polski pontyfikał
Português pontifical pontifical

Examples

“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; […]”
“William Durandus, bishop of Mende in the south of France, compiled a pontifical in three books. William never intended his work to be a universal pontifical, but its clarity of arrangement and quality of substance, along with […]”
“If the editio princeps was an attempt to create an authoritative version of the pontifical, such was not yet attainable.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Pontifical States pontificalia pontificality Pontifically Pontificals Pontificate

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