monsignor

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Recent Examples of monsignor 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 After the monsignor relayed this story to the sniper task force, authorities phoned police in Alabama and learned that fingerprints from the store hadn’t yet been sent to the FBI for identification. Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for monsignor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsignor
Noun
  • At the time of the bishops’ appeal, Lai had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for almost 1,000 days, and the prelates were polite ...
    George Weigel, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Francis delegated a Vatican prelate to participate in a Mass for him on Sunday.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope on Thursday from the hospital.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The pope has had increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into his hospitalization for double pneumonia.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The dean of the Kennedy School issued a statement distancing himself from the talk.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Cardinal Re picked to lead prayer vigil on Wednesday The dean of the College of Cardinals, meanwhile, was designated to lead the Vatican’s prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night, thrusting a key figure in any future possible conclave into the spotlight.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop of Washington, at the National Prayer Service in January.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, the pope has negotiated transformation mostly through words and actions, allowing for open discussion of LGBTQ issues in contrast to previous popes who ostracized or even punished bishops for bringing them up or ministering to the community.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Special prayer services are being conducted around the world, including Argentina, where the pope was born and served as an archbishop before his ascension to the papacy.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Also this week, while in the hospital, Francis has amended the Vatican's form of government, promoting two archbishops to new positions, and made contact with the parish priest in Gaza.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024

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“Monsignor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsignor. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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