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pontificate

English

  1. 🔊 the government of the Roman Catholic Church
  2. 🔊 talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
    “The new professor always pontificates”
  3. 🔊 administer a pontifical office

Spanish

  1. 🔊 pontificado pontificate
  2. 🔊 pontificar to pontificate
  3. 🔊 sentar cátedra to pontificate

Similar words

papacy apostolic see barnumize see of rome aedileship archbishopric archiepiscopacy archiepiscopate aristocracy bishopric blow bombast chairmanship chancellery chancellorate chancellorship chiefery chiefry chieftaincy chieftainry chieftainship cock consulate consulship