Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pontification
1520s, "office of a bishop," noun of action from past participle stem of Medieval Latin pontificare (see pontificate (v.)). Meaning "something pontificated" is from 1925.
Wiktionary
pontification
n. The act of pontificate
Usage examples of "pontification".
Apart from Ghitsa's solemn pontifications, the spaceport and ship filled with farm animals, sickly fruit wines, and other homegrown products--all gifts that grateful but very poor clients gave their revered, dealmaker Jedi.
In the sort of meaningless pontification that enthralls Martha's Vineyard matrons, Cronkite said that without the support of other Arab nations "we might win a war and never establish a peace again with those people.