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Latin
Etymology
From pontifex + -ālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pontificālis (neuter pontificāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- pontifical
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “pontificalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pontificalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pontificalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- pontificalis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016