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教皇,主教,高僧的地位装模作样的说话,执行教皇职务
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pontificate \Pon*tif"i*cate\, n. [L. pontificatus: cf. F.
pontificat. See {Pontiff}.]
1. The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the
office of the pope. --Addison.
2. The term of office of a pontiff. --Milman.
Pontificate \Pon*tif"i*cate\, v. i. (R. C. Ch.)
To perform the duty of a pontiff.
资料来源 : WordNet®
pontificate
n : the government of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: {papacy}]
v 1: administer a pontifical office
2: talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor
always pontificates"