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Noun pontificate has 1 sense
  1. papacy, pontificate - the government of the Roman Catholic Church
    --1 is a kind of government, authorities, regime
    --1 has members:
     Pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome
    Derived form: verb pontificate1
,Verb pontificate has 2 senses
  1. pontificate - administer a pontifical office
    --1 is one way to     administer, administrate
    Derived forms: noun pontificate1, noun pontifex1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. pontificate - talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates"
    --2 is one way to     talk, speak
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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