archpriest

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Recent Examples of archpriest As evening fell over the square on Monday, hundreds of people gathered in front of Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the archpriest of the nominal basilica, who led a rosary prayer. Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025 The archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) said that High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) strikes on Russia by Ukraine are God's punishment for abortions, according to the Moscow Times. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 An archpriest, ordained for over 10 years, Bock, 66, shared with The Arizona Republic some of the traditions and customs Eastern Orthodox Christians adhere to during their Lenten and Holy Week. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024 On this cloudless afternoon, beneath a gossamer canopy of pine trees, archpriest Bogdan Dumindiak has finished a graveside service for a grandmother killed in the apartment attack. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023 Before the general populace were allowed into the basilica, prayers were recited and the basilica’s archpriest, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, sprinkled holy water over the body. Fox News, 3 Jan. 2023 Before the rank-and-file faithful were allowed into the basilica, prayers were recited and the basilica’s archpriest, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, sprinkled holy water over the body, and a small cloud of incense was released near the bier. Time, 2 Jan. 2023 Don Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, was the archpriest of Casnigo, a town in northern Italy about 50 miles northeast of Milan. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2020 Law moved to Italy to serve as archpriest of the Papal Liberian Basilica of St. Mary Major after he was forced to resign in 2002 as archbishop of Boston. Laura Smith-Spark and Delia Gallagher, CNN, 21 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archpriest
Noun
  • Before being called to the Vatican, the future Leo XIV was bishop of Chiclayo, which performed even better than most other regions of Peru.
    Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Image As a cardinal and head of the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, Pope Leo was already thinking about artificial intelligence.
    Motoko Rich, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • For the formal event, Scary Spice has had to meet with several archbishops in preparation.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • Plus, the archbishop of Chicago, who was part of the historic conclave, joins us.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • In a 2009 case, the Supreme Court said FERPA is only about the records that are permanently stored in the principal’s office or the dean’s office and a file that corresponds to a student’s name.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Onlookers learned that a new pope had been elected after white smoke rose from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel that afternoon.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 May 2025
  • The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first American pope and is seen as a diplomat in the church.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The other eight cardinals are from all over the U.S. Raymond Cardinal Burke, an American cardinal prelate who was appointed as cardinal by Benedict XVI, is known as a traditionalist.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
  • Other church officials assisted, including the Venezuelan archbishop, the Brazilian prelate and the late pope’s secretaries, according to the Vatican press office.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.
    Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • 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
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

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“Archpriest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archpriest. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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