pont if1cality

[Eng. pontifical; -ity.] 1. The state and government of the Pope; papacy. "When the pontificality was first set up in Rome, all nations from East to West did worship the Pope no otherwise than of old the Cæsars."-Usher: The See of Rome, p. 20. 2. Pontifical character. "Charles the Fifth proceeded in matters temporal toward Pope Clement with strange rigor; never regarding the pontificality ." -Bacon : Charge against William Talbot . pon-tif-ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. pontifical ; -ly .] In a pontifical manner. To a ist pontifically : Eccles.: To a ist, as a prelate, at ma or other function. pon-tif-ic-alş, s. pl. [PONTIFICAL, B. 3.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, pontificate