Associations to the word «Pontificate»
Noun
- Pius
- Papacy
- Pope
- Boniface
- Xii
- Clement
- Benedict
- Xxiii
- Xiii
- Avignon
- Ix
- Vatican
- Gregory
- Leo
- Schism
- Legate
- Xvi
- Liber
- Viii
- Vi
- Xi
- Vii
- Urban
- Rome
- Aug
- Cardinal
- Xv
- Synod
- Crusade
- Sept
- Heresy
- Basilica
- Xiv
- Dec
- Inauguration
- Accession
- Feb
- Iv
- Julius
- Consecration
- Nov
- Innocent
- Christendom
- Oct
- Jesuit
- Iii
- Michelangelo
- Dur
- Medici
- Adrian
- Paul
- Dogma
- Lucius
- Coronation
- Predecessor
- Constantinople
- Nicholas
- Successor
- Constantine
- Alexander
- Jubilee
- Ii
- Catholicism
- Deacon
- Feast
- Pietro
- Beginning
- Decree
- Canon
- Caesar
- Reign
- Liturgy
- Giovanni
- Holiness
- Epoch
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PONTIFICATE, noun. The state or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
PONTIFICATE, verb. (intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
PONTIFICATE, verb. (intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one’s position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
PONTIFICATE, verb. (intransitive) To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.
Dictionary definition
PONTIFICATE, noun. The government of the Roman Catholic Church.
PONTIFICATE, verb. Administer a pontifical office.
PONTIFICATE, verb. Talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates".
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?