episcopal

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Recent Examples of episcopal The pointed hats, known as mitres, are a traditional part of episcopal attire, representing their authority and service within the Church. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 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 By leaving the episcopal ring on Archinto’s finger outside the curtain, Titian emphasizes his right to the position. Washington Post, 20 July 2023 Congregations also disaffiliate by vote in individual episcopal area conferences. Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for episcopal
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  • Another major reason Denmark didn’t focus on the Americas was a 1493 papal bull from Pope Alexander VI.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • For centuries, the land was the private dwelling of emperors and pontiffs until 2014, when Pope Francis opened the papal gardens to the public.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • But at the time, such ambitions weren’t seen as realistic for women, who were instead steered toward housework or low-wage clerical jobs.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Olivier honors included an unprecedented Best Supporting Actor award to the puppeteers who operate the tiger named Richard Parker (named so because of a clerical error in filing after his capture).
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Next, approval is needed at the ESA ministerial meeting in Bremen, Germany, in November, allowing a mission definition phase, leading to mission adoption in 2034 and a launch around 2042.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • On Tuesday, during a high level ministerial meeting at the U.N. co-presided by Haiti, Canada pledged an additional $40 million Canadian ($29 million US) for the multinational security mission and its successor force.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • The names were common, but for good reason, as the Hasmonean priestly family was so revered.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Archbishop Shawn McKnight has launched a preliminary canonical investigation into the issue as well, the archdiocese said, and Storey has been temporarily suspended from priestly ministry, including celebrating Mass and performing pastoral duties.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The sprawling roughly 2,000-year-old property includes ancient Roman archaeological sites, farmlands, pontifical villas and lush papal gardens, with areas for organic farming and regenerative cultivation.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Related Articles For the past 40-plus years in the Philippines, Natori’s mother Angelita Cruz has been very close to the nuncios (who act as pontifical ambassadors), the designer said.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 June 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
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  • Another significant alumnus is Jim Daly, who completed his MBA in international business at Regis University in 1997 and has led Focus on the Family, the influential evangelical organization based in Colorado Springs, since 2005.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Dallas Willard was an influential evangelical thinker and philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, who died in 2013.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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