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Adjective
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But the midrash—the Jewish rabbinic interpretive tradition—tells a different version.—
Ilana Kurshan,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025 -
Maimonides and the 8-hour rule Maimonides, the 12th century philosopher, physician, and rabbinic giant, advised that a person should sleep 8 hours each night.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 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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Because the actual date of the spring equinox can differ by a day or two, the Catholic Church created a fixed date of March 21 to define it, known as the ecclesiastical equinox.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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By the 5th century, Armenia had adopted Christianity as its state religion, and monastic winemaking became a cornerstone of its culture and economy.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Pitchfork, by contrast, had a near monastic devotion to talking about music as music.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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