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pontificate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | papacy |
| Type of | regime, government, authorities |
pontificate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | administrate, administer |
| Derivation | pontifex |
Examples of pontificate
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But senators are slow to agree on things, except their own right to pontificate.
From the economist.com
I am unqualified to pontificate, but more than a few end up quoting Robert Caro.
From the businessweek.com
What is strange is not its ommision, as you pontificate, but your consternation.
From the economist.com
Easy for you guys in New York to sit there in your comfy chairs and pontificate.
From the forbes.com
Tensions increased with the pontificate of Clement XII, unsympathetic to Savoia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
His readers expect him not only to inform and enlighten, but also to pontificate.
From the theatlantic.com
One should not expect any change in doctrine or teaching during this pontificate.
From the washingtonpost.com
Pius XII's beatification, delayed during John Paul's pontificate, may still come.
From the usatoday.com
During his pontificate, a possible dogma of the assumption was being discussed.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Administer a pontifical office
- Papacy: the government of the Roman Catholic Church
- Talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates"
- A pontiff (from Latin pontifex) was, in Roman antiquity, a member of the principal college of priests (Collegium Pontificum)."Pontifex". ...
- N., a document given to each graduating pope.
- To speak with pompous authority
