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.
Terri Schiavo did not die of PVS; she died of starvation and dehydration. Why do people do it? Because it allows them to feel comfortable that they are not murdering someone if the person that they kill is already dead. Terry Schiavo was not dead until two weeks after her feeding tube was removed.