Pontificalĭa (lat., Mehrzahl von Pontificale), 1) alles was sich auf den Bischof bezieht, bes. 2) seine priesterliche Amtstracht; daher in pontificalibus, in bischöflicher Amtstracht, auch überhaupt in geistlicher Amtstracht; 3) die dem Bischofe vorbehaltenen Rechte u. Verrichtungen; 4) so v.w. Ritualbücher, Agenden in der Katholischen Kirche, sie sollen möglichst dem Pontificale romanum von 1596, revidirt 1644, conform sein.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
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pontificalia — pon·tif·i·ca·lia … English syllables
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