pontificate in English

noun
1
(in the Roman Catholic Church) the office or tenure of pope or bishop.
Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni said: ‘Rome will grind to a halt to guarantee the full development of the demonstration of love for the pontificate , guaranteeing the maximum security for all the heads of state,’ he said.
verb
1
(in the Roman Catholic Church) officiate as bishop, especially at Mass.
On the feast itself he pontificated at Mass and preached three times to the people.
2
express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic.
he was pontificating about art and history

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1. Number two: Don't pontificate.

2. Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that?

3. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.

4. Otherwise his pontificate has little political significance.

5. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.

6. 7 Emperor , Caliph , Pontiff , Pope Empire, Caliphate, Pontificate.

7. CLEMENT III, Antipope Pontificate: June 25, 1080–Sept

8. Politicians like to pontificate the reason about falling standards.

9. Moral considerations are the responsibility of others to pontificate on.

10. Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.

11. Following Peter's collection, there were two more unofficial collections for the pontificate.

12. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?

13. Nevertheless, Leo's pontificate did not realize the hopes it awoke.

14. From this pontificate come, not surprisingly, important collections of church, or canon, law.

15. Aerogramme - 350th Anniversary of Pontificate of Clement XIII (A46) Issued September 09, 2008.

16. The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority ( Conor Cruise O'Brien ).

17. Synonyms for Commentate include pontificate, discuss, explain, expound, analyse, analyze, describe, interpret, report and review

18. As verbs the difference between pontificate and Bloviate is that pontificate is to preside as a bishop, especially at mass while Bloviate is (us) to speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner

19. I think it should be illegal for non-parents to pontificate on/about parenting.

20. There are lots of people in Washington who pontificate on the issue of the day.

21. But he does not simply pontificate from his position as an excellent photographer, or regurgitate standard procedures.

22. During his pontificate (1945-1952), the Catholicosate flourished primarily in the area of cultural activities.

23. As early as the pontificate of Leo I (440 - , however, Roman patriarchs demanded more power.

24. Politicians will happily pontificate on any issue, but not all of them really know anything about it.

25. Melloni uses these data to argue that the influence of Pius prevailed as the pontificate wore on.

26. The long struggle by popes and bishops for celibacy among the clergy was not over by Innocent's pontificate.

27. Mostly he would pontificate on the evils of Roosevelt, who he said was a man who betrayed his class.

28. During his brief but intense pontificate, he began an aggiornamento that was able to impress on the Church a vast and meaningful renewal.

29. Everything Rossi says is illustrated by the story of Humanae Vitae, which proved to be the central crisis of his pontificate.

30. ‘Later this month the church's 184 cardinals will gather at the Vatican for the sixth Consistory of Pope John Paul II's pontificate.’

31. In previous centuries, regal men and women would take Constitutionals after their supper to help with digestion and to pontificate about the world around them

32. Although he claimed the legality of his pontificate, nine years later he abdicated in the Council of Constance, making possible to restore the unity of the Roman Catholic Church.

33. Administrate - work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" administer pontificate - administer a pontifical office

34. His friend and instructor, Bernard of Clairvaux, the most influential ecclesiastic of the time, remonstrated against his election on account of his innocence and simplicity, but Bernard soon Acquiesced and continued to be the mainstay of the papacy throughout Eugenius's pontificate.

35. Administrate: 1 v work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of Synonyms: administer Types: pontificate administer a pontifical office manage , oversee , superintend , supervise watch and direct build order, supervise, or finance the construction of Type of: care , deal , handle , manage be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

36. Returning to the project for a House of the Abrahamic Family, in Corrispondenza Romana of November 20, 2019, the historian Cristina Siccardi shows, as Archbishop Vigano did above, the deep roots of the current crisis: “We must not think that the interreligious citadel is an original and avantgarde idea of Pope Francis’ pontificate.

37. ‘The Aptness of exile as a description of the modern condition affirms our movement away from or out of the sacred landscape, even if only through nature's erasure or desecration.’ ‘Moreover, as his case shows, the longer a pontificate lasts, the greater the likelihood that a name chosen in good faith will outlive its Aptness.’

38. En Augustus meanwhile, as supports to his despotism, raised to the pontificate and curule aedileship Claudius Marcellus, his sister's son, while a mere stripling, and Marcus Agrippa, of humble birth, a good soldier, and one who had shared his victory, to two consecutive Consulships, and as Marcellus soon afterwards died, he also accepted him

39. ‘The date chosen for her Beatification, Mission Sunday, is the Sunday closest to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the pontificate of John Paul II and to the end of the Year of the Rosary.’ ‘After Escrivá's death in 1975, a third of the world's bishops petitioned the Vatican to open his cause for Beatification and canonisation.’

40. At the same time, it is clear that in future Eurovision Members will, somewhat Contradictorily, rely more on Eurovision - as is the case for instance in Rome, where a number of Members joined forces with Eurovision Operations, acting in close cooperation with the local Member, to prepare for the end of John Paul II's pontificate - or see