monsignor

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Recent Examples of monsignor There was no tolling of the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica, no solemn announcement by a Vatican monsignor to the faithful in the square. Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023 Diddi also heard from Perlasca on March 1, 2022, when the monsignor filed a formal complaint alleging Chaouqui had threatened him and claimed to be working with prosecutors. Nicole Winfield, ajc, 5 Dec. 2022 The couple wrote their own vows, which were officiated by a Catholic monsignor and a Presbyterian minister. Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022 He was soon named a monsignor, an honor given by Pope John Paul II. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for monsignor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsignor
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
  • The life of the court and contemplative life were two models in which the leisure of the lord, the prelate, and the warrior could function.
    Walter Benjamin, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The pope continued his respiratory therapy Thursday afternoon and followed the evenings Lenten spiritual exercises.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Pope Francis' medical staff celebrated the pope's 12th anniversary with a cake and candles.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On a recent day, village elders, the province's Roman Catholic bishop and political figures filled the benches of a reception hall, waiting to meet with the man who will likely chart the future of Syrian Druze.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Pope Francis has named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore the next bishop, or top official, of the Diocese of Providence, a 153-year-old ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church.
    Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The item resembles similar pieces belonging to other medieval religious leaders, such as a large sapphire, ruby and emerald ring owned by the 13th-century archbishop Walter de Gray.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • No money or holy items exchanged hands between the Satanists and the archbishop, according to attorneys who represented Stewart.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 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 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
  • When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.
    Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Most of it comes from the town abbot who, in frequent scenes set in the nearby woods, always seems to be drifting into view with his basket of precious mushrooms, whenever Jérémie is near.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Monsignor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsignor. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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