bishop

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Recent Examples of bishop This fantastical rom-com centers on a bishop (David Niven) who prays for help in his pursuit to build a new cathedral. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024 For instance, in ancient Egypt, people who experienced loss of skin pigment (vitiligo) would treat the condition by covering their skin with the juice of false bishop's weed (Ammi majus) and then lying in the sun to darken their skin. Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024 Circumstances go awry, disappearance and murder are introduced, and Jérémie attaches himself to a geriatric bishop (Jacques Develay), and an unlikely bond, or at least a confidence between them, blooms. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025 The big picture: Santa, based on the fourth-century Greek bishop Saint Nicholas, has taken many different forms throughout the years, but his generosity remains a constant part of the holiday season. Want more stories like this? Aïda Amer, Axios, 25 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bishop 
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Noun
  • Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, aligning the U.S. capital's archdiocese with one of his most progressive allies.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Pope Francis named a progressively minded ally, Cardinal Robert McElroy, as the archbishop of Washington.
    Anna Spiegel, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Having female anatomy disqualifies him not only from being pope, but from becoming a priest at all.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The pope and Biden were initially scheduled to meet next week in Rome during the president's final trip out of the country, but the overseas visit got cancelled because of the Los Angeles wildfires.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.
    David Tarrant, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • In the Catholic Church, this is generally a time of the year when dioceses ask their members to donate to annual bishops’ Lenten appeals, which fund diocesan operations.
    Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2020
Noun
  • Chuck Goudie, Chicago media's dean of investigations, is no longer on the air at ABC7.
    Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Kimberly Dodd, dean of Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is an expert in outbreak response for emerging infectious diseases.
    Kimberly Dodd, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.
    Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.
    Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • The prelate suggested that any rush toward legalizing civil divorce could undermine Filipino families – the foundational aspect of society, according to the country’s constitution.
    Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Noun
  • The pastor at the church, Jose Cervantes, said the first fire refugees arrived at the church on Tuesday.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The pastors, Max Lucado and Joakim Lundqvist, have been serving in the roles since last summer.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025

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