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Noun
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Years passed and Bergoglio indeed opted for priesthood.—
Claudia Rebaza,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025 -
Overall, wrote Kate McElwee for the National Catholic Register in 2023, the cause of female priesthood did not advance far under Francis’ leadership.—
Christopher Parker,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Myanmar’s young government, led by the party of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has been beset in recent months by protests, violence at sacred sites, and confrontations between the state’s monastic council (the official body that regulates the Buddhist monkhood) and Buddhist nationalist groups.—
Susan Hayward,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2016
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Female protest leaders have highlighted the fact that Thailand’s most powerful institutions—the military, the monarchy, and the monkhood—are dominated by men and have little or no place for women.—
Tamara Loos,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Dec. 2020
Noun
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Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Amicable relations had long existed between the Catholic Church in Rome and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but the Roman episcopate embraced Mussolini’s regime and its aggressive foreign policy in the mid-1930s.—
Ian Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Feb. 2022
Noun
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However, David’s representatives held talks with West Ham’s hierarchy earlier this year and their interest has been long-standing, dating back to January 2021.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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In the 20-team Premier League, in which the bottom three teams are unceremoniously relegated to a lower division in English soccer’s hierarchy, Spurs sit 17th with one game left.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
21 May 2025
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“Clerkship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerkship. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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