episcopal

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Recent Examples of episcopal The pointed hats, known as mitres, are a traditional part of episcopal attire, representing their authority and service within the Church. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination. Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024 By leaving the episcopal ring on Archinto’s finger outside the curtain, Titian emphasizes his right to the position. Washington Post, 20 July 2023 Congregations also disaffiliate by vote in individual episcopal area conferences. Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for episcopal
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Adjective
  • Time will tell if eigenvector centrality can reliably inform future papal elections.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
  • His predecessor, Pope Francis, took his papal name in honor of the 13th-century saint.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • For observers, even small clerical mistakes take on larger meaning in cases already testing public faith in the department’s competence, neutrality and independence from political influence.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In a clip shared on social media, Black, dressed in his clerical garb, is seen being struck by the pepper ball and collapsing on the ground as others come to his aid.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Wingtech Chairman Zhang Xuezheng had been immediately suspended from his roles as executive director of Nexperia Holdings and nonexecutive director of Nexperia after the ministerial order, according to the filing.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The most notable change to the ministerial picks was incoming Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, head of the Paris police, who replaces Bruno Retailleau, leader of the conservative Republicans Party and who harbours his own presidential ambitions.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The names were common, but for good reason, as the Hasmonean priestly family was so revered.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Archbishop Shawn McKnight has launched a preliminary canonical investigation into the issue as well, the archdiocese said, and Storey has been temporarily suspended from priestly ministry, including celebrating Mass and performing pastoral duties.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The sprawling roughly 2,000-year-old property includes ancient Roman archaeological sites, farmlands, pontifical villas and lush papal gardens, with areas for organic farming and regenerative cultivation.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Related Articles For the past 40-plus years in the Philippines, Natori’s mother Angelita Cruz has been very close to the nuncios (who act as pontifical ambassadors), the designer said.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.
    Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2017
Adjective
  • The pastor of one of China's biggest underground evangelical churches was arrested Friday in what appears to be a roundup of Christian leaders, and his family and followers fear for his safety.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And for evangelical Christian supporters of the Jewish people and the Jewish state, the entire operation is nothing less than a collective slap in the face.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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