pon·tif·i·cate 
(pŏn-tĭfĭ-kĭt, -kāt′)
(pŏn-tĭfĭ-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·cation n.
pon·tifi·ca′tor n.
- downheartedness
- downhill
- down-home
- down in/atthe mouth
- Downing
- Downing Street
- down in mouth
- downlink
- download
- downloadable
- down low
- downmarket
- down nose
- down on
- down (one's) nose
- down one's nose
- down on luck
- down on (one's) luck
- down on one's luck
- down payment
- downplay
- downpour
- down quark
- downrange
- downrigger