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Adjective
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After years of legal battles, Orthodox Jewish women in Israel can now take the official rabbinic exams.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
29 May 2026 -
Uram also praised those efforts, while emphasizing that JTS is more than a rabbinical and cantorial school.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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But the chapel, heavy with the scent of ecclesiastical incense, felt as genuine as could be, worn from nearly two centuries of worship.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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Walsh’s ruling gave the OCA, which is the largest of three Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical bodies in the United States, authority to govern the parish and the judge ordered the parish’s former leaders to vacate the property by June 2025.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Maroon and golden monastic robes had replaced his usual hoodies and sweatpants.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The Augustinians retain ownership of the buildings, and guests can take a tour of the historic library, monastery, and chapel with one of the monks who still live in the separate monastic quarters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
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This will be followed by a final period in Florence to learn the technique and historical evolution of egg tempera, to acquire ancient handweaving skills and expand her knowledge of its applications in the ecclesiastic context.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Back then, Kennedy was constantly fending off accusations from Protestant ecclesiastic types who were wary that his nomination meant the pontiff, John XXIII, was already packing his bags for a move into the White House.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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The spa is pretty divine, and includes a European-style thalassotherapy spa.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Powerful religious leaders described the epidemic as divine punishment.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
Time,
2 June 2026
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Hampshire’s police and crime commissioner has called for a review of religious exemptions on the carrying of knives in public after the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak last December.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
3 June 2026
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The site offers a rare window into the religious and cultural beliefs of the ancient Lycian people, about whom relatively little is known — a mystery that only deepens its appeal.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 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 6 Jun. 2026.
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