pontyfikat

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Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pontificātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔn.tɘˈfi.kat/
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  • Rhymes: -ikat
  • Syllabification: pon‧ty‧fi‧kat

Noun

pontyfikat m inan

  1. (Roman Catholicism) papacy, pontificate (period of a particular pope's reign)
  2. (Ancient Rome, historical) pontificate (state of a pontifex)

Declension

adjective
adverb
nouns

Further reading

  • pontyfikat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pontyfikat in Polish dictionaries at PWN