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• n  the government of the Roman Catholic Church
• v  administer a pontifical office
• v  talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
  The new professor always pontificates

• He does not make a habit of going on TV to pontificate, free-associate or share his feelings.
• John Paul II made the renunciation of coercive force the political center of his pontificate.
• It is simply not worth discussing for the duration of this pontificate.

• papacy

News & Articles

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• Spring fling: Football players, teams that caught our attention
  It’s foresight from here, baby. For the remainder of the summer, we’ll peek at the 2013 season, project on it and pontificate about it — at length. But before that, let’s reflect once more on what we saw this past spring. (Our lists are not ranked in order of importance or impressiveness.) Five best offensive performances 1. Artavis Scott, East Lake: He just scored again! No …but really, almost ...
  June 7, 2013 - St. Petersburg Times Home Team
• The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 3PM ET!
  And there was much rejoicing -- it's the 181st edition of the Engadget Mobile Podcast! Join us as Myriam, Brad and Joseph pontificate about things that are mobile. And pontificate about the word "pontificate." We're live at 3PM ET. Wed Jun 5 15:00 2013 Filed under: Announcements , Mobile Comments
  June 5, 2013 - Engadget

Quotes

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• George Weigel in Washington Post
  At the end of these two years, we will see what the enduring impact of this pontificate on the leadership of the US church will be,Weigel said.
• Clint Eastwood in Washington Post
  You never get to the point where you're the professor, where you think, `I'm just going to sit back and pontificate.' You're a constant student, constantly moving forward,Eastwood said. "I don't know what I'm doing next. Maybe something...
• Dmitry Medvedev in guardian.co.uk
  Millions of people supported us, but we've heard no words of support and understanding from those who in the same circumstances pontificate about free elections and national dignity and the need to use force to punish an aggressor,Medvedev said.