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The archbishop will ceremonially reopen the cathedral's doors and reawaken its famed organ.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
His resignation came hours after Keir Starmer refused to publicly back the archbishop, and after a petition organised by three priests calling for Welby to step down gathered more than 14,000 signatures.
—Arion McNicoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
The royal couple were greeted at St Thomas’ Anglican Church by the archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, and children from the church’s Sunday school who waved Australian flags.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
His resignation came hours after Keir Starmer refused to publicly back the archbishop, and after a petition organised by three priests calling for Welby to step down gathered more than 14,000 signatures.
—Arion McNicoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
The royal couple were greeted at St Thomas’ Anglican Church by the archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, and children from the church’s Sunday school who waved Australian flags.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archbishop
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David Niven is a young bishop who's so tripped up by ambition and the desire to build a cathedral that he's forgotten what's truly important...even his own family.James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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When Juan Diego returned to the bishop and opened the tilma to show them the roses, an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared printed on the fabric.Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Or, how the Catholic Church elects a pope (sort of).Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Inside the pope’s compound, he’s got a theater that was built in 900 AD.Denise Quan, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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The prelate suggested that any rush toward legalizing civil divorce could undermine Filipino families – the foundational aspect of society, according to the country’s constitution.Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
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Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
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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
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In the Catholic Church, this is generally a time of the year when dioceses ask their members to donate to annual bishops’ Lenten appeals, which fund diocesan operations.Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2020
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Allegation #3: Former Penn admissions dean airs frustrations Monday’s court filing also says the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school in Philadelphia, gave the children of donors preferential treatment.Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Instead, CEOs and deans are letting right-wing activists bully them into junking the whole project.The Week UK, theweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
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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
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“Archbishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archbishop. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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