What is "pontifically"

Usage examples of "pontifically".

The city was full of visitors, for a Palio was to be run in the Campo, the Cardinal Archbishop of Florence was to celebrate pontifically in the cathedral, and our company of actors--not because it was the best, but as being the only one available--was commanded to perform in the theatre before the Podesta, the Gonfalonier and Senate, and all the representatives of Government, of the university, and of the garrison.

Clan Chief Kar, a cousin of Torv (as was half the village) was a lean hawk-beaked septuagenarian, given to stroking his snowy beard pontifically and rendering his opinions in long bardish utterances.

Of course, now that you've given my people a clearer picture of what Shorties are like— Nothing wins like a winner, you know," said One Man, pontifically.