pontificate

• n. ローマ法王庁
• vi.法王職を執行する；独断で意見を表明する

ラテン語のpontifex（司祭、教皇）が語源で、語源的にはpontiff（教皇）と同じ。比喩的用法。

pontificate (v.)

1818, "to act as a pontiff," from Medieval Latin pontificatus, past participle of pontificare "to be a pontifex," from Latin pontifex (see pontiff). Meaning "to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees" is from 1825. Meaning "to say (something) in a pontifical way" is from 1922. Related: Pontificated; pontificating.

pontificate (n.)

1580s, from Latin pontificatus "office of a pontiff," from pontifex (see pontifex).

1. Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.

法王フォルモソスは就任4年半で死去した。

2.Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen？

彼は良い公民になることに関する他人の責任問題を教訓にしたことがありますか？

3.Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.

政治家は独りよがりに準則の廃れを語るのが好きだ。

4.People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.

命令口調で話す人は通常邪悪な無頼である。

5.Aren 't you ashamed to pontificate like that？

恥ずかしくないの？そんな偉そうなことを言って、気取っているのか。