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As Dante struggles with his poem, he is sent to a wise man who can guide him, a rabbinical figure called Isaiah (not his real name, we’re told).—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025 -
But the midrash—the Jewish rabbinic interpretive tradition—tells a different version.—
Ilana Kurshan,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
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Pretty quickly, this pay-to-pray arrangement gave way to a less ecclesiastical approach.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Rooms Laid out over three floors—each with soaring, ecclesiastical cross-vault ceilings—rooms are spacious and chic, each with a varying but superb vistas.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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With a frill-less monastic setting, this institution has several London locations, but Smithfield is the OG, serving signature dishes like roasted bone marrow and oven-hot madeleines available by the dozen and half dozen.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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The story of a woman’s retreat into monastic life is familiar; somewhat less familiar is Wood’s use of the modular form.—
Nathaniel Moore
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 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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America has no aristocracy or ecclesiastic master class.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
12 Feb. 2022
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“Caliphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliphal. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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