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.
The lead singer of the Cranberries may have died of Fentanyl poisoning Monday, January 15th in a possible suicide. The Santa Monica Observer reported that a source in the London Police Department confirmed Dolores OâRiordan died of Fentanyl poisoning in a deliberate overdose.