pontifical

nouns

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

pontifical

is a type of (narrower)

gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy

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

"papal dispensation"

apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical

is derived from

pertains to

denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

episcopal, pontifical

pertains to

puffed up with vanity

"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek