Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word pontificate. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: papacy, pontificate(verb) the government of the Roman Catholic Church. pontificate(verb) administer a pontifical office.
Opera star Luciano Pavarotti dies of cancer aged 71. Last updated at 19:50 06 September 2007. A weeping crowd has besieged the home of Luciano Pavarotti to pay tribute to the opera singer who died today aged 71. Pavarotti, modern-day opera's greatest star, died just before 5am following a long fight against pancreatic cancer.
In 1931, Luciano helped orchestrate the assassination of his boss Masseria ina Coney Island restaurant by Bugsy Siegel, Vito Genovese, and Joe Adonis.In return for this he was made 2nd in command to Salvatore Maranzano, whobecame capo di tutti capi (boss of all bosses), the undisputed leader of theentire mafia.