ecclesiastic
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One would think that such a noble ecclesiastic gathering would be governed by wisdom and good sense.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
In an extraordinary display of papal power, Francis last November fired the Caritas secretary general, Aloysius John; the Caritas president, Filipino Cardinal Antonio Tagle; and Tagle’s vice presidents, the treasurer and ecclesiastic assistant.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
“There is nothing of the sour expecting-damnation ecclesiastic about this expostulator,” wrote Variety critic Robert Landry, who had his fill of Bible-thumping evangelists like Billy Sunday, in 1931.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021
Nuns are obliged to wear their ecclesiastic clothes at all times.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2019
In his turn he presented me to Mar Sergis, Bishop of Jelu, a magnificent-looking man with a superb gray beard, the beau-ideal of an Oriental ecclesiastic.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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