I. verb
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But he does not simply pontificate from his position as an excellent photographer, or regurgitate standard procedures.
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I know because I have spent almost four years pontificating about safety and car accidents.
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In a city that makes its living blaring its opinions, some folk are pontificating to the point of injury.
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It certainly helped me to endure Hamilton's pontificating.
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Moral considerations are the responsibility of others to pontificate on.
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Mostly he would pontificate on the evils of Roosevelt, who he said was a man who betrayed his class.
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There are lots of people in Washington who pontificate on the issue of the day.
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What am I doing pontificating about art and history?
II. noun
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Everything Rossi says is illustrated by the story of Humanae Vitae, which proved to be the central crisis of his pontificate .
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Following Peter's collection, there were two more unofficial collections for the pontificate .
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From this pontificate come, not surprisingly, important collections of church, or canon, law.
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Melloni uses these data to argue that the influence of Pius prevailed as the pontificate wore on.
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Nevertheless, Leo's pontificate did not realize the hopes it awoke.
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Otherwise his pontificate has little political significance.
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The long struggle by popes and bishops for celibacy among the clergy was not over by Innocent's pontificate .
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The new pope was given the name Innocent by the archdeacon and invested with the scarlet mantle which signified his pontificate .