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Recent Examples of episcopal
His leadership and witness have shaped my episcopal priorities and ministry over these past 11 years.
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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
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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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for episcopal
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In 2025, the BAFTA Best Film award went to the Ralph Fiennes papal thriller Conclave.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even the office was sort of papal.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
18 Dec. 2025
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Pope Leo at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa on Monday, the second day of his apostolic visit to Lebanon.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
3 Dec. 2025
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According to Safavi, Ebrahimi was shot with live ammunition by Iran’s security forces during protests against the clerical regime.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rasmussen was wearing her clerical robes and was thrown to the ground by a sheriff in plainclothes.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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The draft ministerial order, which was published just before the holidays, is part of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s commitment to cut red tape in the federal government.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
21 Jan. 2026
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Members of the transition are being accused of prioritizing their hold on power, and in some cases negotiate what critics describe as golden parachutes with cash payouts, ministerial appointments and immunity from charges of corruption.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Lopez’s thoughts turned to those who may have strayed from the faith, the priestly role in bringing them back and the importance of Christmas in perhaps sparking that return.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Dec. 2025
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Full priestly duties June through October, combined with driving up and down the mountain, had been a stretch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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The bishops further authorized a new edition of the Roman Pontifical for pontifical Masses, expected to be completed by 2027, with Vatican approval pending for some rites, according to the Catholic News Agency.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Nov. 2025
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In its report, the pontifical commission highlights failures in the Italian church.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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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
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Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
1 Aug. 2017
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Many of the program’s most ardent champions were evangelical Christians inspired by Jesus’s teachings to heal the sick and feed the hungry.—
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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In her conversation with Kirk, Minaj took on the cloak of evangelical Christianity, something she has not often been associated with in her frank-talking past as a rapper.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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