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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monachal
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Maybe the Cubs, perennially in need of divine intervention, will now have a new pal in a high place.—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025 -
Had my accent lapsed so much that divine intervention was required?—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out in June 2025 Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession.—
Pria Anand,
TIME,
18 Feb. 2025
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After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine, writes guest columnist Eli Federman.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Handmaids — who live nutritionally balanced, conception-promoting lives of monastic deprivation — have not eaten their slices of wedding cake.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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In recognition of the power of acoustics, Aurelio Montes has constructed his cellar in a semi circle to maximise the harmony imparted by these monastic tones.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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For two and a half centuries, religious freedom has driven America's story.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Soon afterward, gunmen attacked members of the Druze religious minority in towns south of Damascus, setting off fierce battles that left more than 100 people dead.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
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This year, however, ecclesiastical tailor Ranieri Manchinelli, also in Rome, has prepared the new pope's vestments.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
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And with good reason: One cyclist took a painful-looking tumble as his wheel skidded on the greasy paving. Storms both meteorological and perhaps ecclesiastical are forecast later.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 May 2025
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Anyone in our era, that was a holy grail: to get to play college basketball.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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His many attempts to free himself from the holy seal placed upon the Devils becomes a running gag involving various unpleasant bodily functions.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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“Monachal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monachal. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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