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pontificate
[ noun pon-tif-i-kit, -keyt; verb pon-tif-i-keyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to perform the office or duties of a pontiff.
- to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner:
Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
- to serve as a bishop, especially in a Pontifical Mass.
pontificate
verb
- to speak or behave in a pompous or dogmatic manner Also (less commonly)pontify藞p蓲nt瑟藢fa瑟
- to serve or officiate as a pontiff, esp in celebrating a Pontifical Mass
noun
- the office or term of office of a pontiff, now usually the pope
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫辞苍路迟颈蹿路颈路肠补路迟颈辞苍 [pon-tif-i-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- 辫辞苍路迟颈蹿路颈路肠补路迟辞谤 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pontificate1
Example Sentences
A single, white rose was pictured lying on the stone tomb that bears the name he was known by during his pontificate, below a crucifix illuminated by a single spotlight.
The first South American pontiff passed away on Monday aged 88, marking the end of a 12-year pontificate.
"Near that Queen of Peace, to whom I have always turned for help and whose embrace I have sought more than a hundred times during my pontificate," he explained in his will.
Your special opens with you pontificating on how much you love the pageantry of American stand-up specials.
From the very beginning his words made it clear that this pontificate was about more than the church, that it would have a larger and greater reach.
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