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Recent Examples of prelate
Parolin, a mild mannered, thoughtful prelate, is an experienced diplomat from northern Italy who leads engagement in geopolitics and has been instrumental in brokering the Holy See’s agreement with China.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Tagle, a prelate from the Philippines, is currently one of two top candidates to replace Francis, alongside Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Turkson is a viable choice, widely respected, liked by Pope Francis, and theologically and ‘politically’ palatable to Western prelates, but his visibility has dimmed in recent years.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Unlike the Roman prelate, though, Bukele is more than happy to keep his hands filthy with an unjust persecution.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Tagle, a prelate from the Philippines, is currently one of two top candidates to replace Francis, alongside Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Turkson is a viable choice, widely respected, liked by Pope Francis, and theologically and ‘politically’ palatable to Western prelates, but his visibility has dimmed in recent years.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Unlike the Roman prelate, though, Bukele is more than happy to keep his hands filthy with an unjust persecution.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prelate
Noun
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For the formal event, Scary Spice has had to meet with several archbishops in preparation.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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Plus, the archbishop of Chicago, who was part of the historic conclave, joins us.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2025
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Before being called to the Vatican, the future Leo XIV was bishop of Chiclayo, which performed even better than most other regions of Peru.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Image As a cardinal and head of the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, Pope Leo was already thinking about artificial intelligence.—
Motoko Rich,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The monsignor anticipates the new pontiff will pick up where Francis left off, advocating for the poor and for immigrants and pushing for unity, peace and inclusivity.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The trial, though, proved to be a reputational boomerang for the Holy See, showing deficiencies in the Vatican's legal system, unseemly turf battles among monsignors and how the pope had intervened on behalf of prosecutors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Sep. 2015
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Onlookers learned that a new pope had been elected after white smoke rose from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel that afternoon.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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Last Thursday, white smoke emerged from a chimney at the Sistine Chapel, signaling that cardinals had elected a new pope.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 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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As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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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
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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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The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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In a 2009 case, the Supreme Court said FERPA is only about the records that are permanently stored in the principal’s office or the dean’s office and a file that corresponds to a student’s name.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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“Prelate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prelate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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