as in archbishop
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Recent Examples of bishop
He also has been asked by his biological father, a Catholic bishop, to look into a priest who is holding cult-like services at the supper club on Sunday mornings.
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, under the dark and cold February skies in St. Peter’s Square, cardinals, bishops, nuns and hundreds of faithful have been gathering since Monday evening to say the rosary for the pontiff.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Some clutched rosaries, others took selfies or touched the protective glass in front of the seemingly sleeping young man, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006 and is generating a devotion that astonishes even Assisi’s bishop.
—Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Last month, days before his hospitalization, Pope Francis penned a letter to U.S. bishops that criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, under the dark and cold February skies in St. Peter’s Square, cardinals, bishops, nuns and hundreds of faithful have been gathering since Monday evening to say the rosary for the pontiff.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Some clutched rosaries, others took selfies or touched the protective glass in front of the seemingly sleeping young man, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006 and is generating a devotion that astonishes even Assisi’s bishop.
—Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Last month, days before his hospitalization, Pope Francis penned a letter to U.S. bishops that criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
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The item resembles similar pieces belonging to other medieval religious leaders, such as a large sapphire, ruby and emerald ring owned by the 13th-century archbishop Walter de Gray.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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No money or holy items exchanged hands between the Satanists and the archbishop, according to attorneys who represented Stewart.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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The faithful were moved by the pope’s unexpected appearance.—
COLLEEN BARRY,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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The pope suffered a bout of double pneumonia that left him hospitalized for five weeks.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 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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Most of it comes from the town abbot who, in frequent scenes set in the nearby woods, always seems to be drifting into view with his basket of precious mushrooms, whenever Jérémie is near.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 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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Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 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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The life of the court and contemplative life were two models in which the leisure of the lord, the prelate, and the warrior could function.—
Walter Benjamin,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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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
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The highlight is an interactive Easter story led by Village Church’s senior pastor, the Rev. Jack Baca.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Its pastor rejoiced Have the flu or know someone with it?—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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