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Recent Examples of padre
The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for padre
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After a violent campaign in which Buddhists killed a number of priests and destroyed churches, in 1909, locals built the church that Galipeau visited in Cizhong.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Dec. 2024
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But over the summer of 2022, churches in the city started being shut down and priests detained.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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In 1598, friend and fellow clergyman Francesco Maria del Monte hosted a struggling artist at his family palazzo—a one Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Now, Lubin works in marketing for a toy company and serves on the board of BOLD Justice, an advocacy group made up of local clergymen based in Broward.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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Pentecostalism was about two decades old at the time, and its early practices of interracial worship, speaking in tongues, and divine healing were subjects of lively conversation among the relatively staid and respectable churchmen of mainline Protestantism.Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
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If the dominant Spaniards of The Betrothed are unjust, self-interested, and pompous, few of the Italians — including churchmen — are any better.David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
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And the reverend’s response reveals a contradiction that many Black Christian women have faced: They are encouraged to seek spiritual freedom but are still expected to remain subservient.Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Clergy Council’s website has been scrubbed of several references to the reverend’s position as president there.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024
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His venue, the Tabernacle, hosted church services, preachers, lecturers and community events.Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2024
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The abolitionist, women’s rights advocate and preacher was born into slavery in New York, sold four times, then escaped in 1826.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Jean-Charles de Castelbajac designed the liturgical vestments worn by bishops, priests and deacons to be used during mass, which made their public debut at the celebration.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
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After retiring from Hudson's in 2009, but still serving as mayor, Roberts became an Episcopal deacon in 2010.M.L. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
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Founded by South Korean cleric David Jang in 2000, the university remains the subject of a labor trafficking and visa fraud probe by Homeland Security Investigations and could face charges, according to agency emails.Newsweek, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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With the cleric’s support, messages from the mosque emphasized the importance of the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine and urged parents to ensure their children were fully vaccinated.UNICEF USA, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Officials said the charges came after investigators presented additional evidence to a grand jury following the arrest of 33-year-old Andrew Kammerer, the child's father.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
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Stack has attributed this to his father’s short temper.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Padre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/padre. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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