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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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After the papal audience, Fils-Aimé met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the secretary for relations with states and international organizations.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
9 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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Kast and his wife are part of Schoenstatt, a Catholic apostolic movement devoted to the Virgin Mary.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The measure accidentally erased Measure J from the charter through a clerical error.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Cove Gardens, where my family lived, was a sprawling red brick rental complex built after the war for the light-industrial, service, and clerical workers who were saving up for their own houses in a better area.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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People with de-Baathification rulings against them are not eligible for nomination to ministerial posts, senior government positions and high-level security roles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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The National Development and Reform Commission is a ministerial-level agency of the State Council and functions as a central economic planning and industrial policy body within the Chinese government.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall -- normally attended by tens of thousands -- was limited to just 50 people.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall — normally attended by tens of thousands — was limited to 50 people.—
Colleen Barry,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 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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Joni Lamb, cofounder and president of the evangelical Christian TV network Daystar, has died.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Trump has seen declines with other key base voting groups, like white evangelical Christians and rural voters.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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