pontificates 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

synonyms: hold forth, expound, declaim, preach, lay down the law, sound off, dogmatize, sermonize, moralize, lecture, preachify, mouth off, bloviate

noun

papacy

verb

hold forth, expound, declaim, preach, lay down the law, sound off, dogmatize, sermonize, moralize, lecture, preachify, mouth off, bloviate

Use "pontificates" in a sentence

1. (11) The play Attitudinizes , pontificates, mystifies, and bores

2. (11) The play Attitudinizes , pontificates, mystifies, and bores

3. (11) The play Attitudinizes , pontificates, mystifies, and bores

4. ‘It is very easy for us in the media to Attitudinise because we have always got the escape hatch of saying, well it is not our job to prescribe.’ ‘Her plays have been eccentric, attitudinizing, overambitious.’ ‘The play attitudinizes, pontificates, mystifies, and bores.’