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Meanings of pontifical air in English
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Usage of pontifical air in English
1
His slightly pontifical air seemed an assurance against ill-timed levity.
2
Maudsley, however, merely nodded and set about explaining his presence at the asylum with a pontifical air.
3
He had arisen with the pontifical air of a man who has a weighty gospel to expound.
4
Together the snake charmer and the camel ascended the cheering aisle and stopped in front of Jumbo, who adopted a grave pontifical air.
5
His raised hands gave him a vaguely pontifical air (Bishop Blessing Pilgrims), and the kindly smile he wore heightened the illusion.