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Recent Examples of monsignor
Josh Brolin, who plays the late monsignor, is married to Kathryn Boyd.
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Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
The plan is to film Samson (as Jefferson) walking out with the hopes that people will believe the monsignor's risen from the dead.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
This go around, Blanc (Daniel Craig) descends on an upstate New York town to solve the murder of a domineering and hate-spewing monsignor (Brolin).
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2025
The plot revolves around a young priest (Josh O'Connor) who's accused of killing the monsignor (Josh Brolin).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
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Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
The plan is to film Samson (as Jefferson) walking out with the hopes that people will believe the monsignor's risen from the dead.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
This go around, Blanc (Daniel Craig) descends on an upstate New York town to solve the murder of a domineering and hate-spewing monsignor (Brolin).
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2025
The plot revolves around a young priest (Josh O'Connor) who's accused of killing the monsignor (Josh Brolin).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsignor
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Barron’s criticism of the president was a rare public disapproval from the prelate, Winona-Rochester diocese’s highest-ranking Catholic figure, who, for the most part, has had a comfortable relationship with the Trump administration.—
Matthew Stolle,
Twin Cities,
15 Apr. 2026
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George was a highly influential, politically astute prelate who died almost a decade before Leo XIV’s election.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
14 Mar. 2026
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When the president goes low, the pope goes high.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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But what kind of president picks a fight with the pope?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mike McDonald, who graduated from Bellarmine in 1957, was the dean of the group, with 1960 Notre Dame graduates Marilou Cristina and Colleen Block providing more than equal representation for the women’s side.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The performance also comes as Shelly Berg, the dean of the Frost School of Music, prepares to retire in May.—
Megan Fitzgerald,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Francis also invited the female Anglican bishop, Jo Bailey Wells, into a private meeting of his cardinal advisers in 2024 to discuss the role of women in the Catholic Church.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cecil Newton, a Pentecostal bishop, was present for the entire hearing but did not testify.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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Thomas Wenski, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami, asked for the decision to be reviewed in an April 16 opinion piece published to the organization’s website.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The first female Anglican priests were ordained in 1994, its first female bishop in 2015, and now Mullally as the first archbishop of Canterbury.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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The first is the strikingly Gothic diocesan throne, which sits in the cathedral choir and dates from the Victorian era.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Local Catholics attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation midday April 21 that Rev. John Hammond presided over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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But when Niesen presented the plans to the abbot of the monastery, he was met with hesitation.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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The abbot of Wat Saman Rattanaram in Chachoengsao province, about 50 miles east of Bangkok, warned that cremation services may have to be suspended.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Monsignor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsignor. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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