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noun

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Recent Examples of ecclesiastic
Adjective
Forbidden passion fueled the plot of The Thorn Birds in which the late Richard Chamberlain, played the priest Ralph de Bricassart, a heartthrob in ecclesiastic wear. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025 Forget Fleabag, Conclave, Nobody Wants This, or Ramy, there’s a new ecclesiastic bombshell on the block. Riann Phillip, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025 But Thondup is also sharply critical of the Tibetan political and ecclesiastic elite for their gross mismanagement of their relations with China. Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016 As Sheldon Wolin, author of Politics and Vision, and many others have pointed out, the Middle Ages and Renaissance saw a powerful flow of ideas from ecclesiastic to secular political philosophy. Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2015 America has no aristocracy or ecclesiastic master class. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022 The Vatican defended the extension by saying the agreement was purely ecclesiastic and pastoral in nature, and not political. Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 22 Oct. 2020 The motif appeared in ecclesiastic architecture from the 13th to the 15th centuries. Jasper Bastian, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2020 The church is an example of early ecclesiastic architecture, is the second oldest synagogue remaining in Cincinnati and is the oldest still church still used for religious purposes. Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 5 Aug. 2019
Noun
The end result was a new brand of ecclesiastics and lay Catholics who felt comfortable detaching themselves from Franco’s regime, or even fighting it head-on in a variety of forums, including student movements, intellectual circles, unions, political parties, and the media. Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013 Of all the precious goods accumulated by the rulers and ecclesiastics of late medieval Ethiopia, the most charged of all were books. Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 This shop for ecclesiastics has an exquisite selection of high-quality pieces. Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2019 Rather, Ryrie, a prize-winning historian as well as an ecclesiastic, has broadened his scope to take in nearly 750 years of doubt and disbelief in the professedly Christian West. Graham Hillard, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019 The old cloister, as the walled domain of the Chapter of Canons was called, housed unusual and not invariably pious persons, as well as the worldly ecclesiastics themselves. Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019 This was the Fairy Tree L’Arbre des Dames or Le Beau Mai tree, whereupon extra-ecclesiastic celebrations were staged. C.d. Wright, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 There are nearly 70 community leaders — from entrepreneurs to ecclesiastics (and a rabbi thrown in for good measure) — who have joined to address the problems that have held Louisville back for decades. Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ecclesiastic
Adjective
  • This year, however, ecclesiastical tailor Ranieri Manchinelli, also in Rome, has prepared the new pope's vestments.
    Christopher Watson, ABC News, 8 May 2025
  • And with good reason: One cyclist took a painful-looking tumble as his wheel skidded on the greasy paving. Storms both meteorological and perhaps ecclesiastical are forecast later.
    NBC News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • In the previous episode, Mandy confessed to her priest and had guilty nightmares about her tricky predicament.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Survivors organizations have accused him of allowing the Rev. James Ray, a priest accused of abusing minors and whose ministry had been restricted since 1991, to live at the Augustinian’s St. John Stone Friary in Hyde Park in 2000 despite its proximity to a Catholic elementary school.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • For two and a half centuries, religious freedom has driven America's story.
    Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • Soon afterward, gunmen attacked members of the Druze religious minority in towns south of Damascus, setting off fierce battles that left more than 100 people dead.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Until his death in Pennsylvania last year, Gülen, a Turkish Muslim preacher who was accused of plotting a coup against President Recep Tayyip in 2016, was wanted as a terrorist leader in Turkey and Pakistan.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 14 May 2025
  • David Aries aligns with David, a preacher and the leader of a group of cannibalistic survivors.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The technique seen in the clergyman also hasn’t been reported in scientific literature before, Nerlich added.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
  • The clergymen’s colors signaled their rank, and a seating chart could reveal which dignitary or humble believer sat where.
    Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Image As a cardinal and head of the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, Pope Leo was already thinking about artificial intelligence.
    Motoko Rich, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Before being called to the Vatican, the future Leo XIV was bishop of Chiclayo, which performed even better than most other regions of Peru.
    Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

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