Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  papacy, pontificate(verb) the government of the Roman Catholic Church. 2  pontificate(verb) administer a pontifical office. 3  pontificate(verb) talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner. The new professor always pontificates.
The name Lucianne is of English origin. The meaning of Lucianne is gracious light. Lucianne is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 8 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Lu-ci-anne.
Origin and meaning of Adrienne. The meaning of Adrienne is From Hadria. Its origin is French variant of the English name Adrian. Adrienne is a form of Adrian and is generally pronounced like ah dree EN and  AY dree in. This name is mostly being used as a girls name. Last year it ranked 848th in the U.S. Social Security Administration list of most popular baby girl names.