episcopal

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Recent Examples of episcopal While Barron's episcopal office concerns his parishes in Minnesota — where he is already widely known — his public influence stretches around the world via his books, videos, radio shows and documentaries with his Word on Fire ministries. Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022 Whitehead got out of the car, wearing a Fendi blazer and a large episcopal ruby ring. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023 These prohibitions weren’t very effective; a thousand years later, astrologers were active at the papal and episcopal courts, and within the entourages of numerous Christian rulers. Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023 Pope Francis' episcopal philosophy has become more complicated than ever as the leader once commonly thought of as a solid progressive has become harder to categorize. Fox News, 21 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for episcopal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for episcopal
Adjective
  • The papal flag was positioned in the entryway to the campus center, the flagpole placed on the school's logo.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The papal decision Thursday coincided with the White House’s announcement of its first trade agreement struck with a European nation, the United Kingdom.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • In 2014, the university awarded Prevost, then the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, an honorary doctor of humanities.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • By 2014, Prevost was back in Peru after Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
  • Van Arsdale said the inconsistencies in John Doe’s story were due to a clerical error in filing.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Glazers were driven in the ministerial car while Gill walked down Whitehall and queued up at St Stephen’s entrance.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • Requiring ministerial approval means removing appeals, boards, and other bureaucratic argle bargle that just adds costs and friction to the development process.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.
    Jacob F. Love, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.
    Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2017
Adjective
  • Republicans’ strongest support comes from White evangelical Christians (66%), White men without a degree (54%), and rural voters (50%).
    Victoria Balara, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Religious Americans — including evangelical Christians, Protestants and members of non-Abrahamic faiths — reported much higher levels of community contentedness, researchers said.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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