pope

noun

Definition of popenext
as in archbishop

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Recent Examples of pope The 88-year-old pope concelebrated the Holy Mass Sunday morning in the chapel of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican stated, sharing the first image of the pope since his hospitalization. — Angela Yang, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025 The Vatican press office said the pope had no visitors on Sunday. — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2025 The pope this week participated in Lenten spiritual exercises from the hospital, which Vatican officials have said implied a lighter workload. — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025 Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope on Thursday from the hospital. — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pope
  1. archbishop
  2. bishop
  3. abbot
  4. prelate
  5. dean
  6. diocesan
  7. monsignor
  8. pastor
Noun
  • Religious sisters join them, wearing a variety of habits that signal their order, as well as bishops and archbishops.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Definition of archbishop
Noun
  • Unlike a synod of bishops, this will be a unique gathering of bishops, clergy, monks, friars, nuns and lay men and women.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Vatican office for the synod, or gathering of bishops, released a timetable through 2028 to implement the reforms and said Francis had approved the calendar last week.
    — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of bishop
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of abbot
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
Definition of prelate
Noun
  • At Indiana University, Fred worked for the dean of economics to earn his way through school.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • When she was named dean of the University of Tulsa’s business school in 2021, Taylor put her varied background to work launching entrepreneurship initiatives for Cherokee woman.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of dean
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
Definition of diocesan
Noun
  • What to know about the monsignor chosen by the Pope.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2025
  • When the monsignor was murdered at the end of Season 3, Ignatius was devastated.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 July 2024
Definition of monsignor
Noun
  • While in town, travelers can also visit the Rosa Parks Museum, which tells the story of the Montgomery bus boycott and the fight against segregation, and the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. King served as a pastor.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of pastor

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