diaconal

adjective

Definition of diaconalnext
as in apostolic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaconal
  1. apostolic
  2. episcopal
  3. papal
  4. pontifical
  5. ecclesiastical
  6. canonical
  7. missionary
  8. evangelical
Adjective
  • In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Pope Francis's stop in East Timor is part of his ongoing apostolic journey across four countries between Sept. 2 and Sept. 13.
    Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of apostolic
Adjective
  • The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.
    Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.
    Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
Definition of episcopal
Adjective
  • How to Watch It: Prime Video. Conclave Photo: Focus Features The Awards Chatter: This papal drama has been everywhere in the awards-season chatter and is on its way to a likely Best Picture nod.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The acclaimed drama stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal who uncovers secrets and scandals at the Vatican while organizing a papal conclave to elect the next pope.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of papal
Adjective
  • The prose is confiding and, in places, pontifical.
    Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • That revelation, coupled with other recent pontifical critiques, have quickly dissolved the notion that the Dec. 31 death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a symbolic leader of the church’s conservative wing, might lessen the opposition to Francis.
    Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
Definition of pontifical
Adjective
  • She has been recognized multiple times for her age, including: Jan. 2, 2022 – Oldest Brazilian ecclesiastical person ever.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In the 16th century, Rabelais furnished his novels with long lists of books, using the titles to satirize ecclesiastical libraries, the clergy, and religion in general.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of ecclesiastical
Adjective
  • The location was canonical: on Whitehall, opposite the Cenotaph, Britain’s most important monument to its war dead.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Her tales of power-hungry telepaths and erotic alien encounters are now canonical, in science fiction and beyond.
    Stephen Kearse, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of canonical
Adjective
  • Her experience includes missionary work in Mozambique and serving as her order's superior from 2011 to 2023.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Originally from Eleuthera, Taylor felt a spiritual calling to return to the island after years of missionary work and life in Nassau.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of missionary
Adjective
  • The resignation came after The News asked Adams’ office late Thursday for comment about the fact that Bernard, who leads the city’s largest evangelical church, maintains a residency on Long Island.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • From the June 2022 issue: How politics poisoned the evangelical Church Pretty straightforward, and a head-on challenge to the world.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of evangelical
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