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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaconal
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In these words, Peter, asked by the Master, together with the other disciples, about his faith in him, expressed the patrimony that the Church, through the apostolic succession, has preserved, deepened and handed on for two thousand years.—
Daniel Burke,
NPR,
9 May 2025 -
Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43 In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.—
Julia Hobbs,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2024
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.—
Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
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Such an epic event doesn’t come along every papal conclave.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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Formerly known as Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago native was selected by the papal conclave on May 8 after two days, elected by the College of Cardinals to succeed Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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The only pontifical name that hasn't been used more than once is Peter, the name of the first pope, though there's no prohibition against doing so.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
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Gregory and Benedict are also popular pontifical names with 16 and 15 uses, respectively,while Innocent and Leo come close behind with 13 uses each.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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That changed with ecclesiastical reforms introduced under Pope Gregory X, who mandated a minimum 10-day waiting period to allow time for prayer and reflection—and for distant cardinals to travel to Rome.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Her female figures were large in their art-historical scope as well as in their scale, evoking not just the classical tradition but also canonical modernist works by Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Duplicate Content Risks: Without rigorous canonical tagging and duplicate prevention, sprawling websites can cannibalize their own rankings.—
Al Sefati,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Early missionaries to modern times As European countries began to explore the New World, missionary priests took their place on ships sent from Catholic countries, like Spain and Portugal.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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Those include cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, and doggy style—basically anything that doesn’t place weight directly on the vibrator, like missionary.—
Natalie Arroyo Camacho,
StyleCaster,
22 May 2025
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Hagee on importance of evangelical vote for Israel, says Trump stands with Jewish state Pastor John Hagee, Founder and Chairman of Christians United for Israel, offered prescient words ahead of Israel’s preemptive attack on Iran.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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Still, three months into Trump's second term, white evangelical protestants were some of his staunchest supporters, according to Pew Research Center think tank, which suggested 72 percent approved of Trump's handling of the presidency.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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“Diaconal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diaconal. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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