12
papal(adjective, religious, churchdom, pope, priestly)
10
pompous(adjective, arrogant, egotistic, pope)
9
apostolic(adjective, religious, churchdom, priestly, ecclesiastical)
7
arrogant(adjective, pope)
7
grandiloquent
6
clerical(adjective, spiritual, religious, sacred, clergy)
6
overblown
5
pretentious(adjective, pope)
4
apostolical
4
dogmatic(adjective, pope)
4
ecclesiastical(adjective, spiritual, religious, sacred, devout)
4
episcopal(adjective, churchdom)
4
magisterial(adjective, superior, important, regular, affected)
4
portentous
4
priestly(adjective, spiritual, religious, sacred, devout)
3
bombastic
3
conceited
3
doctrinaire
3
inflated
3
judicial(adjective, court, justice, legal)
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