1. Talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
   "The new professor always pontificates"
    
2. Administer a pontifical office
   "The Pope pontificated at the Easter Mass"

1. The government of the Roman Catholic Church
   "The pontificate of Pope Francis began in 2013";
   - papacy

Derived forms: pontificating, pontificates, pontificated

Type of: administer, administrate, authorities, government, regime, speak, talk

Encyclopedia: Pontificate