āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
pontificate
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Pontificate
01
āĻĒā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨, āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĨāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°
the government of the Roman Catholic Church
to pontificate
01
āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to state one's opinion in such a manner that shows one believes to be the only person to fully know it and be unarguably correct
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The critic had been pontificating about the film's flaws, convinced of his own expertise.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
administer a pontifical office
