pontificate
noun/pɒnˈtɪfɪkət/
/pɑːnˈtɪfɪkət/
- the official position or period in office of a popeWord Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Latin pontificatus, from pontifex, from pons, pont- ‘bridge’ + -fex from facere ‘make’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.
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