Pontificates

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of pontificate form-of, plural

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papacyaedileshipapostolic seearchbishopricarchiepiscopacyarchiepiscopate

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"Samson's abbacy extended over the pontificates of five Popes and the reigns of three Kings, by all of whom his strength of character and wisdom of counsel seem to have been appreciated."

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