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The actress also chose not to have a bouquet, carrying a missal down the aisle instead.
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Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
The Judge held out the missal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
O’Brien put a small Catholic missal in her hands.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
All told, the missal numbered 309 pages in its original form.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2022
The pews have been stripped of hymn books and missals, and Holy Water basins are dry.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 19 May 2020
That same image recurs again at the bottom of a page from a German missal (before 1381) whose main image portrays the Resurrection.
—Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 15 June 2019
With his hand on the missal, Johnson took his oath with Jackie Kennedy by his side.
—Pete Corson, ajc, 8 June 2018
Staffers couldn't find a Bible but were able to get a missal (a book of Catholic prayers) from Kennedy's bedstand on the plane.
—Pete Corson, ajc, 8 June 2018
Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
The Judge held out the missal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
O’Brien put a small Catholic missal in her hands.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
All told, the missal numbered 309 pages in its original form.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2022
The pews have been stripped of hymn books and missals, and Holy Water basins are dry.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 19 May 2020
That same image recurs again at the bottom of a page from a German missal (before 1381) whose main image portrays the Resurrection.
—Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 15 June 2019
With his hand on the missal, Johnson took his oath with Jackie Kennedy by his side.
—Pete Corson, ajc, 8 June 2018
Staffers couldn't find a Bible but were able to get a missal (a book of Catholic prayers) from Kennedy's bedstand on the plane.
—Pete Corson, ajc, 8 June 2018
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“Missal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missal. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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