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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pontificatio(u)n, Pontificacione, n. [e.m.E. pontificacion (1521), noun of action f. med. L. pontificare to perform pontifical functions.] The period of office of a pope; (his) pontificate. — 1501 Acta Conc. III 34.
The dait [1487, etc.] … and the pontificacione of Innocent the VIII the thrid yeir 1622-6 Bisset II 320/14.
I have divyded and designed thame be the numer of thair pontificationis ȝeiris of thair indictionis [etc.] Ib. 364/13.
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