prelate

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Recent Examples of prelate However, the bishops took the extra step of releasing a video of various prelates reading the message into the camera, a component that observers interpreted as an unusually direct and personal rebuke. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Dec. 2025 The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse. Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025 The Reverend Leah Daughtry is national presiding prelate of The House of the Lord Churches, co-convenor of Power Rising, author, and political strategist, having served as chief of staff of the DNC, CEO of the 2008 and 2016 Democratic Conventions, and an at-large member of the DNC. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025 However, Panorama magazine maintained that the NSA picked up the prelates’ telephone conversations in the days preceding the conclave, giving them an idea of what might happen before the first vote. Time, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for prelate
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Noun
  • The new archbishop succeeds Cardinal Vincent Nichols, who last month turned 80 and is past retirement age.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
  • New York's new archbishop was first an affable Chicagoan, and those who knew him during his life in the south suburbs are not surprised by Pope Leo XIV's decision to elevate him.
    Noel Brennan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • And when no one from Billo’s church called back regarding prayers for her, Rogers turned to Hicks, who had just become the new bishop in Joliet.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Bishop Samuel Seabury, the first American Episcopal bishop and a rival to Alexander Hamilton — as fans of the musical may remember — was a loyalist to the British crown during the Revolutionary War, as well as a slave owner.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The campy investigator is taking his talents to the church after a monsignor is killed.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The plan is to film Samson (as Jefferson) walking out with the hopes that people will believe the monsignor's risen from the dead.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The occasion was the pope’s annual audience with the Vatican diplomatic corps, which traditionally amounts to his yearly foreign policy address.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But the late pontiff also did not hold many formal meetings with the College of Cardinals, something which cardinals said a future pope should change during meetings held before the last conclave.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.
    Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.
    Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • The abbot later said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The abbot said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Local Catholics attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation midday April 21 that Rev. John Hammond presided over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.
    David Tarrant, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
Noun
  • Trump’s tariffs have pushed Canada and China to look for opportunities to strengthen international cooperation, said Zhu Feng, the dean of the School of International Studies at China’s Nanjing University.
    Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Nancy La Vigne, dean of the Rutgers-Newark School of Criminal Justice, noted that VR could help inmates practice real-world interactions, including navigating public transportation.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Prelate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prelate. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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