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pontification

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pon·tif·i·cate   (pŏn-tĭf'ĭ-kĭt, -kāt')   
n.  The office or term of office of a pontiff.
intr.v.   (-kāt') pon·tif·i·cat·ed, pon·tif·i·cat·ing, pon·tif·i·cates

  1. To express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way.

  2. To administer the office of a pontiff.


[Latin pontificātus, from pontifex, pontific-, pontifex; see pontifex. V., from Medieval Latin pontificāre, pontificāt-, to act as an ecclesiastic, from Latin pontifex.]
pon·tif'i·ca'tion n., pon·tif'i·ca'tor n.
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