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.
Cause of death: recent massive bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism (Dr. Vera Demarchi Aiello). Comments The patient had been treated by CABG for advanced coronary atherosclerosis, but died from sudden death in the late postoperative period due to massive pulmonary thromboembolism.