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pontificate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pontificate  \Pon*tif"i*cate\,  n.  [L.  pontificatus:  cf  F. 
  pontificat.  See  {Pontiff}.] 
  1.  The  state  or  dignity  of  a  high  priest;  specifically,  the 
  office  of  the  pope.  --Addison. 
 
  2.  The  term  of  office  of  a  pontiff.  --Milman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pontificate  \Pon*tif"i*cate\,  v.  i.  (R.  C.  Ch.) 
  To  perform  the  duty  of  a  pontiff. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pontificate 
  n  :  the  government  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  [syn:  {papacy}] 
  v  :  talk  in  a  dogmatic  and  pompous  manner;  "The  new  professor 
  always  pontificates" 




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