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> Rich says:
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> >pontification
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> Is this something to do with bridges?
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> 73
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> Peter G3RZP
May be yes, when the bishop of Rome would pontificate about bridges.
(hi)
73,
Mauri I4JMY
Main Entry: 2pon.tif.i.cate
Pronunciation: pän-'ti-f&-"kAt
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Medieval Latin pontificatus, past participle of pontificare,
from Latin pontific-, pontifex
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Date: 1818
Inflected Form(s): -cat.ed; -cat.ing
1 a : to officiate as a pontiff b : to celebrate pontifical mass
2 : to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way
- pon.tif.i.ca.tion /(")p@n-"ti-f&-'kA-sh&n/ noun
- pon.tif.i.ca.tor /-"kA-t&r/ noun
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