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Adjective
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If your image of Old World Jewry comes from Grade’s contemporary Isaac Bashevis Singer, with his kabbalists, dybbuks, and elaborate rabbinic courts, swap in Lithuanian Talmudists conducting self-critique and doing pilpul—close textual analysis—in spartan houses of study.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025 -
According to rabbinic sources, Abraham and his wife Sarah went on to convert a large number of people to Judaism.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2024
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The building's striking concrete facade and massive bell banner set it apart from traditional ecclesiastical designs.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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During the Jubilee year of 2025, when some 30 million Catholic pilgrims are expected to flock to the Eternal City in search of spiritual forgiveness, the ecclesiastical abundance will be compounded by crowds.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The family allowed Norwegian television cameras to follow them for a documentary, which featured their rather monastic existence.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
6 Aug. 2024
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On a cold night in Stockholm, the monastic artist opens his door for a candid interview about his music, his ongoing quest for the divine, and what’s really real behind the de facto leader of Drain Gang.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
25 Feb. 2025
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Forget Fleabag, Conclave, Nobody Wants This, or Ramy, there’s a new ecclesiastic bombshell on the block.—
Riann Phillip,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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But Thondup is also sharply critical of the Tibetan political and ecclesiastic elite for their gross mismanagement of their relations with China.—
Anne F. Thurston,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Feb. 2016
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“Caliphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliphal. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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