Pontificâlis, & hoc pontificale, pen. prod. Pontifical: belonging to a bishop. Lordly: sumptuous: costly. Vnde Pontificales libri. Pontificalis authoritas. Ci. The authoritie of a bishop.Caput pontificale.Ouid.Pontificales cœnæ. Horat. Sumptuous and costly suppers.Honor pontificalis.Ouid.Pontificalia insignia.Liu. Ius pontificale. Ci. Sacrum pontificale.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pontĭfĭcālis, e, adj. [pontifex], of or belonging to a pontifex, pontifical: insignia, Liv. 10, 7: auctoritas, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 52: honos,
of the Pontifex Maximus
, Ov. F. 3, 420: ludi, given by the Pontifex Maximus on his entrance into office, Suet. Aug. 44: lectio, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.