pontificating in English

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

verb

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

Use "pontificating" in a sentence

1. He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it.

2. 19 In a city that makes its living blaring its opinions, some folk are pontificating to the point of injury.