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.
Source: tatoeba (12443703)
Pontificates
Synonyms for "pontificates" (12 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Verb(3 words)
Related words (6)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesadministrationcommunicationgovernanceleadershipofficepapacyrhetorical actspeechspeech acttenureverbalization
More specific
11 entriesCollocations
12 entriesacademic pretensionauthoritative tonedogmatic rhetoricdogmatic statementgrandstandingmonologic stancepapacypapal reignpapal tenurepompous demeanorpompous speechverbose pronouncement
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
8 entriesSample sentences
1 total sentences available.