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The Clue

Arrogant; haughty (10 letter answer)

The Answer

PONTIFICAL

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Notes

The answer PONTIFICAL is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

Definition

PONTIFICAL as a noun:

1. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

PONTIFICAL as an adjective:

1. (papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical) = proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
2. (episcopal, pontifical) = denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
3. (grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous) = puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek