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Pontificate

The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.

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Administer 76% connected

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…

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Administrate 76% connected

To administer.

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Authorities 76% connected

of Authority

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Government 76% connected

The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

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Regime 76% connected

Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Pontifex 74% connected

A high priest; a pontiff.

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Pontifex 74% connected

A high priest; a pontiff.

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Pontiff 70% connected

A high priest.

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Pope 70% connected

Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.

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Papacy 92% connected

The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

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Authorisation noun · 78% connection

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to ma…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to ma…

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Authorization noun · 78% connection

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to ma…

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Constitution noun · 78% connection

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

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Democracy noun · 78% connection

the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

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Department of State noun · 78% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Dominance noun · 78% connection

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to ma…

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DOS noun · 78% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Federation noun · 78% connection

the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the…

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Fundamental law noun · 78% connection

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

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Monarchy noun · 78% connection

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

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Office noun · 78% connection

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great ad…

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Organic law noun · 78% connection

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

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Aaronical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

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Abdicate verb · 78% connection

To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity;…

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Abdication noun · 78% connection

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sov…

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Ablution noun · 78% connection

A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as…

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Antipope noun · 78% connection

One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avi…

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Apostolate noun · 78% connection

The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

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Archimagus noun · 78% connection

The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

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Breastplate noun · 78% connection

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span…

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Concordat noun · 78% connection

An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are conc…

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Confarreation noun · 78% connection

A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.

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Confessional noun · 78% connection

The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the pr…

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Cure noun · 78% connection

Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish…

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Dignitary noun · 78% connection

One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of…

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Dignity noun · 78% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Diminution noun · 78% connection

The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abase…

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Duumvirate noun · 78% connection

The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.

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Elder adjective · 78% connection

A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such a…

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Ephod noun · 78% connection

A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or b…

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