sky pilot

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Noun
  • The cemetery also contains the graves of 45 pairs of brothers (30 of which are buried side by side), a father and his son, an uncle and his nephew, 2 pairs of cousins, 3 generals, 4 chaplains, 4 civilians, 4 women, 147 African Americans and 20 Native Americans.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • As a chaplain, Chong worries that someone turning to ChatGPT for answers about faith and religion cuts them off from the earthly parts of spiritual practice.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Black pastors and others launched boycotts of the company; judging from Cornell’s pained observation to the Wall Street analysts last week, the boycotts may have had an effect.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
  • The megachurch announced that Pastor Daniel Floyd and his wife Tammy Floyd have accepted the position of senior pastor during Sunday morning’s service.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • My class—led by the church rector, Nigel Massey, a boyish-looking Brit who studied theology at Oxford—was focussed on the subjunctive as used to express uncertainty.
    Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
  • His leadership style was further shaped while serving as rector of the Colegio de San José in Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1986.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 May 2025
  • Specifically, the nuns pointed a finger at Urbain Grandier—a local priest and their confessor.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Prevost also served as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher and vicar.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • Although, the mummy was long rumored to be the vicar, the identity wasn’t confirmed until the recent analysis.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • This interest followed him throughout his life, expanding during his education at King’s College London and Cambridge and into his work as a curate in Hampshire.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Kingsley was born in 1819, the son of a curate who subjected him to a rigorous and frequently brutal education.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sofa in collage by Peter Dunham Textiles; Hot pink laminate parsons tables by Two Worlds Arts; Soft edge chairs by Hay; Madeleine Castaing striped carpet by Codimat Collection.
    Michael Boodro, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Farmers can no longer irrigate their crops, and shepherds can no longer reach their pastures.
    Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
  • With the exception of the occasional shepherd, those winding roads are now empty for cyclists.
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 13 May 2025
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“Sky pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sky%20pilot. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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