priest
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Rosario Cossio, head of the town's Afro-Peruvian Museum, said that Zana's reputation for being cursed was linked to the murder of a priest during the colonial era.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Another was likely written while in China: “A soldier, yet a priest / clasping my hands in prayer / toward the moon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Father S. Marcus, a Catholic priest and head of the Mannar Citizens' Committee, remains unconvinced.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
He has been the priest here for almost half a century - and is known locally as the Cowboy Priest.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
That evening, the priest and the barber came to the house: the niece and the housekeeper needed to be comforted, and they also needed to figure out how to find the missing person.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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Unfortunately, I have always struggled with disappointing authority figures: professors, bosses, priests, parents — and, apparently, severe-bunned bakers.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Under this traditional model, kings, priests, and other powerful leaders gained control of wealth and resources, causing the divide between rich and poor to expand.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
We learned about the annual return of swallows, admired blooming roses and citrus trees and absorbed a simple story: Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests tamed a wild land, and we should follow their example.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
His successor, Pope Francis, had, starting in 2015, recognised the validity of confessions and marriages celebrated by the society's priests.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
And something told me that they probably liked their own ways and religion just as much as the priests liked theirs.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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