cicerone

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A surprising glimpse, a quarter-century into the millennium: The reassuring figure of the Anglican clergyman—enthusiast; amateur; generous of spirit, perhaps to a fault—acting cicerone among a dozen churches he’s identified as “buildings that made Christianity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

A certified cicerone, co-owner Chris Elford also helped start the great beer joint Proletariat in New York’s East Village.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2016

So I called on a friend I will call Cicero to be my cicerone.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2016

He’s become a docent of decay, the cicerone of Newtown Creek.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2012

As a guide to the nineteenth century and much else beside—back to Rome and Greece—the most stimulating cicerone is Remy de Gourmont.

From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert