pontificate

n.

教皇的职位，主教的地位；

vi.

装作教皇的说话；

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1. Politicians like to pontificate the reason about falling standards.
   政治家喜欢自大地表示下降标准的原因。
2. He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it.
   他坐在那儿发表他对法制的高论，虽然他对此一窍不通。

1. His was the second-longest pontificate.
   他任职教宗时间是第二长的。
2. The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority
   他任职教皇的中心意图就是要恢复教皇权力

The Pontificate of Pope Pius XI
The Life & Pontificate of Pope Pius XII. Between History and Controversy
JOHN XXII BEFORE HIS PONTIFICATE, 1244-1316: JACQUES DUèSE AND HIS FAMILY
Introduction: Reality and image in the Pontificate of Leo XIII
An Account of the Election of Paul IV to the Pontificate
Lost in the Forest: Overcoming the Need to Pontificate in Course Development.
From Black Magic to Heresy: A Doctrinal Leap in the Pontificate of John XXII
A papal matchmaker: Principle and pragmatism during Innocent III's pontificate
Papal-Lombard Relations during the Pontificate of Pope Paul I: The Attainment of an Equilibrium of Power in Italy, 756-767
The pipe roll of the bishopric of Winchester for the fourth year of the pontificate of Peter des Roches, 1208-1209.