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- noun Plural form of
pontifical . - noun The
vestments of a bishop.
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Examples
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This is prescribed in practically identical terms in English pontificals of the tenth century; and the Pontifical of Egbert (?
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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(We pick up in the midst of the Divine Liturgy with the new Archbishop being fraternally greeted after having been vested with his pontificals) (Do note the two large icons that have been place on the pillars of the ciborium for the purposes of the Byzantine liturgy) (The altar incensed) (Litanies)
Eastern Divine Liturgy and Episcopal Consecration in Santa Maria Maggiore 2009
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Jody Bottum, now editor of First Things, put into words what more than a few of us were thinking: "Now we know what Abraham Lincoln would have looked like in full pontificals."
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This abrupt departure in the darkness disappointed some of us, who had promised ourselves the pleasure of seeing his Grandeur depart in state in the morning, shaved, clean, and in full pontificals, the tripping little secretary swinging an incense-pot before him, and the greasy chaplain bearing his crosier.
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His neighbours, who wondered what it could all mean, had scarcely time to identify him with his pontificals, before they saw him stalking along the street in a dirty, striped dressing-gown.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829 Various
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The bishop is represented as in the act of benediction, with a pastoral staff, and in full pontificals; his head is shown as resting on a cushion, and is surmounted by a trefoil arch with a crocketed gable, and a censer-bearing angel on each side.
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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Then the seyde Byshoppe, in his pontificals arayde, with all the prestes and clerkes of the seyde Churche and of
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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Accordingly, next morning he appeared with his clerk, and, in his pontificals, read several prayers in the established form, and then read the collect for the seventh day of September, which was the thirty-fifth psalm.
The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776 Henry C. Watson
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The general communion customary on holy-thursday is prescribed by the English bishop Walter in the 10th century, in the capitulary of Theodulph of Orleans, and by all ancient pontificals and missals, according to Martene T. 3, p. 98.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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On these occasions the offending clerks were brought across to the church, where the Archbishop in full pontificals would hear their avowal of guilt in the nave, and then solemnly divest them of their robes and of their office at the west door.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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