pontificate's Usage Examples:

The authority of the pontificate was seriously impaired by these circumstances.

Somewhat later it disappeared also in the case of the churches of less importance, patronal rights over these being substituted for the former absolute ownership. The pontificate of Alexander III.

It was during his pontificate that St Polycarp visited the Roman Church.

But he is chiefly famous for his History of the Church of Rome to the Pontificate of Innocent III.

In the past many conflicting estimates were made of the character and achievements of the pope during whose pontificate Protestantism first took form.

to the pontificate; the death of Piero de' Medici in the same year made Giovanni head of his family.

Paul III.s pontificate was further marked by important changes in the church, all of which confirmed the spiritual autocracy of Rome.

Paul III., who had begun his pontificate with the intention of purifying the curia, was unaware of the grave danger in which Fisher lay; and in the hope of reconciling the king with the bishop, created him (loth of May 1535) cardinal priest of St Vitalis.

During his pontificate the church was brought to its lowest level of degradation.

Leo was disturbed throughout his pontificate by heresy and schism.

Synonyms:

administer, administrate,

Antonyms:

keep quiet, specify, close up, shout, whisper,