How to Use monsignor in a Sentence

monsignor

noun

• The monsignor demands it, but that doesn’t mean Kristen has to be okay with it.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2021
• But Stu persists and wins the monsignor over to his cause with a minimum of strain and effort.
  — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2022
• Gipson was given the title monsignor by the Catholic Church.
  — al, 31 July 2021
• And then there’s Father Pruitt, the monsignor who’s held mass at church for longer than anyone can remember.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2021
• Lori’s spokesman, Sean Caine, said the then-monsignor announced in parishes why the priests were being ousted and connected The Post with one of the victims.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2019
• Hernández recounts being abused at 15 by a now-deceased monsignor in Lara state.
  — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
• The monsignor told her Ganster would be given counseling and Ganster was promptly reassigned, the report said.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2018
• Saturday’s Mass and reburial will be a glorious event, the monsignor said.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2017
• Buck, who was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, also was molested by several priests and a monsignor, according to his lawyer.
  — Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Behind the apse, in the monsignor’s private apartments, Dom Pérignon 2006 was poured for the ladies in glittering gowns and men in floaty silk caftans and shiny Alta Sartoria suits adorned with diamond brooches.
  — Alexandra Marshall, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
• Cassock-shaped, with a row of red buttons set off by coordinating trimming, it was accessorized with a tasseled monsignor hat and a cross necklace.
  — Vogue, 25 Apr. 2018
• After the monsignor relayed this story to the sniper task force, authorities phoned police in Alabama and learned that fingerprints from the store hadn’t yet been sent to the FBI for identification.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2022
• Riley and Erin are among the few residents of Crockett Island, a place known for its fishing industry, a recent catastrophe that wiped much of that industry out, and a deep and abiding faith, nourished by the parish’s beloved monsignor.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021
• The scandal has laid bare both the vast amount of money the Holy See has at its disposal for investment — including donations from the faithful for charity — and the seeming incompetence of the Vatican monsignors responsible for managing it.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
• A few months ago, the monsignor said, an immigrant mother familiar to Catholic Charities caseworkers came into the office with a dramatically different appearance.
  — Daniel Burke, CNN, 8 Sep. 2017
• One Vatican monsignor who until recently was considered by prosecutors to be a key suspect, Monsignor Alberto Perlasca, managed to avoid indictment.
  — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 26 July 2021
• One Vatican monsignor who until recently was considered by prosecutors to be a key suspect, Monsignor Alberto Perlasca, managed to avoid indictment.
  — Fox News, 26 July 2021
• One Vatican monsignor who until recently was considered by prosecutors to be a key suspect, Monsignor Alberto Perlasca, managed to avoid indictment.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 26 July 2021