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Recent Examples of vicar
The village’s new vicar also got propositioned by another suspect, which should happen every week.
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Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 7 July 2024
He’s got secrets like all the vicars, but his secrets are going to be very slowly revealed.
—Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 30 June 2024
Such a notion doesn’t come as a surprise to David W. Peters, an Anglican vicar in Pflugerville, Texas.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Patrick Winslow, local vicar general and chancellor, told The Charlotte Observer.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024
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Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 7 July 2024
He’s got secrets like all the vicars, but his secrets are going to be very slowly revealed.
—Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 30 June 2024
Such a notion doesn’t come as a surprise to David W. Peters, an Anglican vicar in Pflugerville, Texas.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Patrick Winslow, local vicar general and chancellor, told The Charlotte Observer.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicar
Noun
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The church is the spiritual home to about 500 families, according to the church's rector, the Rev. Bruce Freeman.—
Sarah Ventre,
NPR,
12 Jan. 2025
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Wiley, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson, will lead an outdoor prayer service at the house of worship Tuesday night as a way of blessing the people of a country that have so often seemed bitterly divided over politics.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The noted pastor and his wife are encouraging others to be intentional about their healing journey by offering a safe space.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
28 Jan. 2025
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During the rise of the Nazis in the 1930s, several pastors and theologians joined forces to resist the influence of Nazi doctrine over German Protestant churches.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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Most songs concern a protagonist who pursued a career as a clergyman despite a lack of faith.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2025
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In 2005, Grand Ayatollah Sistani, the leading Shiite clergyman, was forced to mediate between rival Shiite groups amid a deadly Sunni insurgency.—
Ranj Alaaldin,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Sep. 2018
Noun
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Writing in the eighteenth century, Smith compared energetic and often sensationalist Methodist preachers with the more reserved and cerebral parsons of the Church of England.—
Shadi Hamid,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2024
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The other is her violent stepfather, who, in this version, is also the church’s parson (Steven Pasquale).—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 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
Noun
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Each week, Maricopa and Pinal county reporter Sasha Hupka reports and curates must-know campaign news, insider exclusives and service-style voter tips from Arizona’s largest and most talented elections team.—
Rafael Carranza,
The Arizona Republic,
19 Nov. 2024
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Fiennes is backed by a stellar supporting cast that, in addition to Tucci's firebrand Bellini, included John Lithgow as a sanctimonious curate and Carlos Diehz as Cardinal Benitez, intriguing and comforting in his calm stillness.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Here’s a list January 21, 2025 3:19 PM Read Next National US Catholic bishops condemn Trump immigration crackdown.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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In 1980, the bishops of the United States began partnering with the federal government to carry out this service when Congress created the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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My colleague Joe Reid has also chosen to shepherd one particular GoFundMe to completion.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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The group has more than 80 shepherds available for adoption.—
Maryanne Dell,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Vicar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicar. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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