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Adjective
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If your image of Old World Jewry comes from Grade’s contemporary Isaac Bashevis Singer, with his kabbalists, dybbuks, and elaborate rabbinic courts, swap in Lithuanian Talmudists conducting self-critique and doing pilpul—close textual analysis—in spartan houses of study.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025 -
According to rabbinic sources, Abraham and his wife Sarah went on to convert a large number of people to Judaism.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Among the cultural attractions are the ecclesiastical architecture and art—the baroque St. Matthew’s Parish in the centro storico and the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora delle Penne perched on the Capo Mele promontory.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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As Charles Mercier writes in his book, Christianity in Western and Northern Europe, Monaco has an ecclesiastical commitment to the Roman Catholic Church that is unique on the continent.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His daring base jump off a cliff—after setting off a series of explosives in a cave to take out a monastic cult—onto the top of a hot air balloon that closes the film was done in two stages.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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The stone floors and minimalist interiors may have a monastic feel, but the nuns never had beds so comfy, towels so fluffy, or Roman-style thermal baths so enticing.—
Jennifer Flowers,
AFAR Media,
3 Apr. 2025
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Forbidden passion fueled the plot of The Thorn Birds in which the late Richard Chamberlain, played the priest Ralph de Bricassart, a heartthrob in ecclesiastic wear.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025
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Forget Fleabag, Conclave, Nobody Wants This, or Ramy, there’s a new ecclesiastic bombshell on the block.—
Riann Phillip,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Caliphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliphal. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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