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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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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
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The selection of Bishop McElroy, whose diocese has never been led by a cardinal, sends a message about the pope’s wish for a more liberal orientation for the U.S. episcopate.—
Francis X. Rocca,
WSJ,
29 May 2022
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After long negotiations with Athletic’s hierarchy, Williams signed a three-year contract extension in December 2023, tying him to the club until 2027.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The six full time positions cut from Northwestern Division would include the station hierarchy: the captain, detectives and sergeants.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Clerkship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerkship. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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