教會裡的身分：教宗與主教
這一族還停在字面上。它回答的是「這樣東西歸誰」，不帶任何評價。
adjective · C2
Relating to the Pope: the position he holds, the letters and rulings he signs, and the schools, councils, and ceremonies that belong to him.
教宗的
核心畫面
One way to picture it: someone speaking from the highest seat in the room, where a word from them is meant to close the question. One branch of the word stays inside the church and simply says whose something is — the Pope's, or a bishop's. The other branch takes the manner instead of the office, and hands it to anyone at all who talks that way.
可以想成一個站在最高座位上說話的人。他一開口，事情就算定了。底下的人多半只是聽。這個畫面往兩邊長。一邊還留在教會裡：…更多收起
可以想成一個站在最高座位上說話的人。他一開口，事情就算定了。底下的人多半只是聽。這個畫面往兩邊長。一邊還留在教會裡：屬於教宗的、屬於主教的那些東西，正式而且有身分。另一邊搬到一般人身上：講話擺出那種「我說了算」的姿態。同一個畫面，一邊講的是身分，一邊講的是口氣。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary tree derives pontifical from Latin pontificalis, from pontifex, the Roman high priest, built on ponts (bridge) plus a maker element — literally a bridge-maker, someone standing between people and gods.
字源樹顯示 pontifical 借自拉丁文 pontificālis，來自 pontifex（古羅馬的大祭司）。pontifex 傳統上被拆成「橋」加上「做」，也就是「造橋的人」。可以想成：這個職位站在人和神中間替兩邊搭橋，所以他說的話特別有份量。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1332099384): Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis; tree Latin pontifex from Proto-Italic *pontifaks, *ponts (bridge) + *-faks (maker).
Two branches
說話的姿態：我說了算
這一族借走的是畫面裡的「姿態」，不是身分。人還是普通人，口氣卻像坐在高座上。
adjective · C2
Speaking or writing as if your own opinion settles the matter: grand and solemn in tone, and leaving no opening for anyone to disagree.
自以為是的