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Recent Examples of episcopal
Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance kicked off Inauguration Day festivities Monday morning with a service at St. John's Church, a historic Episcopal church near the White House.
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Built in 1875, this Gothic stone building was first an Episcopal church and, later, a synagogue before being remodeled as a residence in 2005.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
State of play: There are 75 Episcopal churches with about 17,000 members in southeast Michigan.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop who implored Trump to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ people during an inaugural prayer service, defended her speech.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Built in 1875, this Gothic stone building was first an Episcopal church and, later, a synagogue before being remodeled as a residence in 2005.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
State of play: There are 75 Episcopal churches with about 17,000 members in southeast Michigan.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop who implored Trump to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ people during an inaugural prayer service, defended her speech.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for episcopal
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Ed Simon on the history of papal encyclicals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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At the American University campus in Rome after the papal meeting, Johnson greeted the aldermanic delegation — Ramírez, his budget chair Ald.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some clerical tasks certainly disappeared or changed.—
Christopher Marquis,
Time,
30 May 2026
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Its clerical rulers, who put down a mass uprising at the start of the year, have faced no sign of organized opposition since the war began.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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In late March, the World Trade Organization, the body that helps set rules for global trade and is a home for trade negotiations, held its ministerial conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon.—
Inu Manak,
Time,
27 May 2026
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On Tuesday in New Delhi, Rubio will participate in the ministerial meeting of the Quad that has repeatedly accused China of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea and aggressively pushing its maritime territorial claims.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 May 2026
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There are nearly 23,000 active Catholic parishes — but new priestly ordinations haven't started to bounce back.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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In a set of photos that's sweeping the internet, Pope Leo was well and truly seen in a pair of Nike sneakers, paired with his traditional, priestly robes.—
Chiara Da Col,
Vanity Fair,
9 May 2026
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Leo opened his visit to Pompeii by meeting with sick and disabled people who are cared for by a charity center affiliated with the sanctuary, which Leo’s namesake, Pope Leo XIII, declared a pontifical basilica in 1901.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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That public spat has overshadowed his pontifical tour of four African countries, which ended Thursday with a Mass for thousands of people in Malabo, the former capital of Equatorial Guinea.—
Claudio Lavanga,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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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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Participants in that event included such Washington figures as Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson as well as Christian leaders like Franklin Graham and other prominent evangelical figures.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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The move gives Jones another stamp of approval from a grassroots conservative network with deep ties to evangelical circles and a close alliance with Kemp.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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