hierarch

Example Sentences

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After spending the first eight years of his papacy gently nudging Catholic hierarchs to embrace financial prudence and responsible governance, Francis got tough this year, and appears poised to keep it that way.

From Washington Times

After spending the first eight years of his papacy gently nudging Catholic hierarchs to embrace financial prudence and responsible governance, Francis got tough, and appears poised to keep it that way.

From Seattle Times

Every new disclosure makes clear that hierarchs were aware of the abuses for many decades.

From New York Times

No human, from the greenest convert to the most supreme hierarch, can “lower the bar.”

From Washington Post

Another Orthodox bishop called Amvrosios, recently retired from the diocese of Helsinki, said he found it “shocking” to hear of his fellow hierarch’s outburst.

From Economist