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In 2014, a disturbed man entered the synagogue and stabbed a rabbinical student, wounding him, before being shot dead by police.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
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But the congregation has grown familiar with the concept through Fink’s first wife, who was a rabbi, as well as local female rabbinical students.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hailing from Marinduque Island is the Moriones Festival, one of the oldest and most revered ecclesiastical festivities in the Philippines.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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Determining the exact date of the holiday has a long history and is complicated by the difference between the precise astronomical calendar and the ecclesiastical calendar, which was produced centuries ago.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Hop a boat to Devenish Island, where the monastic ruins feel quietly cinematic.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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From a crisp white collar to the maroon Purple Bust (1969), his color palette enhances the monastic quality of these paintings, which nearly double as fabric studies.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2026
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Waugh was based for many years in a grand house in nearby Combe Florey and adapted this local ecclesiastic landmark for fictional purposes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Feb. 2026
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Think of it like an ecclesiastic LinkedIn.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
11 Oct. 2025
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Whether in this world or whisked away from it, there Nancy was, close to the divine presence.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Scientific inquiry could be pathway to the divine Adam Hincks, a Jesuit priest who teaches at the University of Toronto and serves as an adjunct scholar at the Vatican Observatory, believes that for some, contemplating dark matter and dark energy could elevate their minds to God.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Army Chaplain Corps guidelines published during the Biden administration in February 2024, which remained on the Army’s website following the March 24 announcement, said the Chaplain Corps at that point represented more than 100 religious groups.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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The speaker is considered a religious and social conservative within Iranian politics.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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One was that literary journalism anthology the mendicant had flipped through.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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The first mendicant orders, like the Franciscans and Dominicans, received papal approval in the early 13th century.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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But degraded conventual forces could drive Putin to other means of exerting force.—
Matt Seyler,
ABC News,
10 May 2022
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The Rev. Brad Heckathorne, a Conventual Franciscan friar, performed the ceremony at the chapel at Duke University.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2017
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“Caliphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliphal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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