as in archbishop
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Recent Examples of prelate
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.
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Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
The new archbishop would become Milwaukee's 12th prelate, overseeing an archdiocese with about 190 parishes and 100 schools.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2024
The prelate even spent more than an hour in a secret meeting with Newt Gingrich, presumably to press for support and discuss the former speaker of the House's upcoming bid for the White House.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2012
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Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
The new archbishop would become Milwaukee's 12th prelate, overseeing an archdiocese with about 190 parishes and 100 schools.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2024
The prelate even spent more than an hour in a secret meeting with Newt Gingrich, presumably to press for support and discuss the former speaker of the House's upcoming bid for the White House.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prelate
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Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent, the archbishop of New Orleans told an inquisitive parishioner who once sent a letter to the religious leader seeking clarification, according to the Catholic News Agency.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The then archbishop of Buenos Aires, Adolfo Tortolo, was close friends with Videla, the regime’s first and most brutal leader.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Some clutched rosaries, others took selfies or touched the protective glass in front of the seemingly sleeping young man, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006 and is generating a devotion that astonishes even Assisi’s bishop.—
Time,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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Last month, days before his hospitalization, Pope Francis penned a letter to U.S. bishops that criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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What to know about the monsignor chosen by the Pope.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2025
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When the monsignor was murdered at the end of Season 3, Ignatius was devastated.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 July 2024
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Francis left the hospital on March 23 after 38 days in hospital, the longest of his four stays since his election as pope 12 years ago.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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In February, the palace said Charles and his wife Queen Camilla would travel to Rome in April for the couple to meet the 88-year-old pope, but days later Francis was taken to hospital with a severe respiratory infection.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
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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
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Among the film’s interviewees are two former nuns at the school and the abbot who supervised several of the priests accused of rape and murder.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.—
Hannah Peart,
NBC News,
28 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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Davis has since worked as a professor, a dean and a university president.—
Elissa Nadworny,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
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Another dean, Sinclair, took Lyle into an office to wait for Anderson, who still couldn’t be reached, according to the complaint.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Prelate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prelate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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