Difference between Pretentious and Pontifical

PRETENTIOUS vs PONTIFICAL: NOUN

A book of forms for ceremonies performed by a bishop.
In liturgics, an office-book of the Western Church, containing the forms for the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies which can be performed only by a bishop (especially those for ordination, confirmation, and consecration of churches), the changes in the rubrics necessary when a bishop officiates, benedictions, and other forms, some of which can be used by priests who have received special commission from the bishop.
Plural The insignia of a pontiff; the dress, ornaments, etc., of a bishop or pope, or, more loosely, those of a priest. See pontificalia.
A kind of ouch in use in the sixteenth century.
A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
The vestments and insignia of a bishop.

Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
Marked by an extravagant or presumptuous outward show; ostentatious: : showy.
Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority.
Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case.
Of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
Intended to attract notice and impress others
Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
Puffed up with vanity
Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a pontiff.
Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.
Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; ; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.

Full of pretension, or claims to greater excellence or importance than the truth warrants; attempting to pass for more than the actual worth or importance; making an exaggerated outward show.
Pretended; unfounded; false.

Sesquipedalian, Highfaluting, Tasteless, Parvenu, Portentous, Grandiose, Ostentatious, Kitsch, Sententious, Showy, Hifalutin, Grandiloquent, Highfalutin, Arty, Pompous

Holy father, Apostolic, Ecclesiastical, Holy, Vatican, Bishop, Cardinal, Pope, Episcopal, Papal, Overblown, Pretentious, Portentous, Pompous, Grandiloquent

Sesquipedalian, Highfaluting, Tasteless, Parvenu, Portentous, Grandiose, Ostentatious, Kitsch, Sententious, Showy, Hifalutin, Grandiloquent, Highfalutin, Arty, Pompous

Holy father, Apostolic, Ecclesiastical, Holy, Vatican, Bishop, Cardinal, Pope, Episcopal, Papal, Overblown, Pretentious, Portentous, Pompous, Grandiloquent

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Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style, bombastic.
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I gotta go stop being a pretentious fuck.
Overstated language is wordy, vague, and often pretentious.
Many readers find this diction unnatural or pretentious.
What a silly little emotional and pretentious rant.
Yet every moment feels either pretentious or poky.
Caught between a pretentious, sniffy, student scene, and a pretentious, sniffy and snidey fan scene, even being myself took practice.

Bologna before his promotion to the pontifical chair.
Especially ambitious men could always consultthe pontifical archives.
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Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council.
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Pontifical Field Mass and the ceremonies of dedication.
The Pontifical Faculty has a different grade scale.
The Pontifical Swiss guards also perform ceremonial duties.
Flambeau suddenly flung off all his pontifical pretensions.
Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Lima and her doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Who is the current president of the Pontifical College Josephinum?
What is the official Rosary of the Pontifical Swiss Guard?
What is the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro known for?
What is the biggest rivalry between Universidad de Chile and Pontifical University?
When did Montini become a professor at the Pontifical Academy?
How do I become a Pontifical Biblical Institute student?
Is there a Pontifical University of Maynooth in Ireland?
What is a Pontifical Council in the Catholic Church?
What is a bishop-assistant at the Pontifical Throne?
What is the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy of Rome?