Her pontific manner at the meeting irritated even the most patient colleagues.

The professor pontifically dismissed the student's question, relying more on authority than on explanation.

At the ordination, the pontifical blessing given by the bishop comforted the new priests.

The archivist uncovered a medieval pontifical, its pages filled with the offices and formulas used in rites long forgotten.

The cathedral archivist carefully restored several 18th-century pontificals that had been damaged by damp.

She spent the entire meeting pontificating about company policy without listening to anyone's concerns.