pontificate's Usage Examples:

The chief episode in his uneventful pontificate was the visit of Constans to Rome; the pope received him "almost with religious honours," a deference which he requited by stripping all the brazen ornaments of the city - even to the tiles of the Pantheon - and sending them to Constantinople.

Leo was disturbed throughout his pontificate by heresy and schism.

The eleventh contains the lives of all the bishops in order, and includes the chief events during their pontificates; the twelfth deals in the same way with the archbishops, not forgetting the writer himself.

His pontificate was marked by protracted controversies with France and Portugal.

An important event of his pontificate was the capture of Granada (2nd of January 1492), which was celebrated at Rome with great rejoicing and for which Innocent gave to Ferdinand of Aragon the title of "Catholic Majesty.

His numerous works include histories of Arianism, the iconoclastic controversy, the Greek schism, Lutheranism, Calvinism, and of the pontificates of Leo I.

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

The pontificate of Alexander III.

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

pontificate is no bar to the daily chore of pontificating on complex matters.

In the pontificate of Clement XIII they ruled the Vatican, and almost succeeded in embroiling the pope with the concerted Bourbon potentates of Europe.

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

Synonyms:

administer, administrate,

Antonyms:

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