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Pontificate

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Noun

1. papacy, pontificate

the government of the Roman Catholic Church

Verb

2. pontificate

administer a pontifical office

3. pontificate

talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner

Example Sentences:
'The new professor always pontificates'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pontificate

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verb (pɒnˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt ) (intransitive)
1. 
to speak or behave in a pompous or dogmatic manner
. Also (less commonly): pontify (ˈpɒntɪˌfaɪ )
2. 
to serve or officiate as a pontiff, esp in celebrating a Pontifical Mass
noun (pɒnˈtɪfɪkɪt )
3. 
the office or term of office of a pontiff, now usually the pope

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Pontificate

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noun
1. 
the office, or term of office, of a pontiff
verb intransitiveWord forms: ponˈtifiˌcated or ponˈtifiˌcating
2. 
to officiate as a pontiff
3. 
to speak or act in a pompous or dogmatic way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pontificate

see synonyms of pontificate
n.
The office or term of office of a pontiff.
intr.v. (-kāt′) pon·tif·i·cat·ed, pon·tif·i·cat·ing, pon·tif·i·cates
1. To express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way.
2. To administer the office of a pontiff.

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