Dictionary Entry
pontificate
pontificate is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.
- 2noun
The term of office of a pontiff.
- 3intransitive verb
To perform the duty of a pontiff.
- 4noun
the government of the Roman Catholic Church
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- 5verb
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
"The new professor always pontificates"
- 6verb
administer a pontifical office
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