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
• Saturday’s Mass and reburial will be a glorious event, the monsignor said.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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, Star Tribune, 26 July 2021

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