papal

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Recent Examples of papal Supposedly his papal salary is in the neighborhood of $400,000. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 All this unfolds while the days count down, flagged by bold onscreen graphics, to the Day Zero when Teresa will get her papal dispensation and leave the convent to start her new order. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 By inviting others into his private quarters, Leo is adopting an approach that merges papal tradition with communal religious life. Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse. Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for papal
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Adjective
  • Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • Freddie Clayton The Fisherman’s Ring is a signet ring presented to a new pope at his inauguration, as a symbol of his episcopal authority and as the successor of St. Peter, the fisherman apostle and the first pope, who began his papacy around the year 30.
    NBC News, NBC news, 18 May 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
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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“Papal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/papal. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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