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.
Hollywood icon Heath Ledger died in 2008 of an accidental overdose in his Manhattan apartment. Wednesday marks the 32nd birthday of the talented film star, Heath Ledger, who died of a sudden accidental overdose, mid-way through filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in 2008.