pontificals
English
Noun
pontificals
- plural of pontifical
- The vestments of a bishop, priest, or pope.
- 1868, Charles Callahan Perkins, Italian sculptors (page 121)
- The pope sits upon a draped throne chair, robed in full pontificals, holding the keys in one hand, and giving the benediction with the other.
- 1868, Charles Callahan Perkins, Italian sculptors (page 121)
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