archpriest

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Recent Examples of archpriest An archpriest, ordained for over 10 years, Bock, 66, shared with The Arizona Republic some of the traditions and customs Eastern Orthodox Christians adhere to during their Lenten and Holy Week. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024 On this cloudless afternoon, beneath a gossamer canopy of pine trees, archpriest Bogdan Dumindiak has finished a graveside service for a grandmother killed in the apartment attack. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023 Before the general populace were allowed into the basilica, prayers were recited and the basilica’s archpriest, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, sprinkled holy water over the body. Fox News, 3 Jan. 2023 Before the rank-and-file faithful were allowed into the basilica, prayers were recited and the basilica’s archpriest, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, sprinkled holy water over the body, and a small cloud of incense was released near the bier. Time, 2 Jan. 2023 Don Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, was the archpriest of Casnigo, a town in northern Italy about 50 miles northeast of Milan. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2020 Law moved to Italy to serve as archpriest of the Papal Liberian Basilica of St. Mary Major after he was forced to resign in 2002 as archbishop of Boston. Laura Smith-Spark and Delia Gallagher, CNN, 21 Dec. 2017 The church, one of Rome’s four great ancient basilicas, is where Cardinal Law had the honor of serving for more than a decade, first in 2004 as archpriest and, after his retirement in 2011, as archpriest emeritus. Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017 In 2004, he was appointed archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of four principal basilicas in Rome. Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archpriest
Noun
  • From political infighting among an international coterie of bishops, to nosy clerical gossiping, to Isabella Rossellini as a nun with ulterior motives, to car bombs, the movie — based on an airport novel of the same name by Robert Harris — is arguably overwrought and overstuffed, if endlessly fun.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
  • There were rabbis, imams, bishops and deacons from across the city, reflecting the diversity of the victims and New Orleans.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, aligning the U.S. capital's archdiocese with one of his most progressive allies.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Pope Francis named a progressively minded ally, Cardinal Robert McElroy, as the archbishop of Washington.
    Anna Spiegel, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Chuck Goudie, Chicago media's dean of investigations, is no longer on the air at ABC7.
    Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Kimberly Dodd, dean of Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is an expert in outbreak response for emerging infectious diseases.
    Kimberly Dodd, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Having female anatomy disqualifies him not only from being pope, but from becoming a priest at all.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The pope and Biden were initially scheduled to meet next week in Rome during the president's final trip out of the country, but the overseas visit got cancelled because of the Los Angeles wildfires.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Noun
  • This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.
    Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • 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
Noun
  • Wiley, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson, will lead an outdoor prayer service at the house of worship Tuesday night as a way of blessing the people of a country that have so often seemed bitterly divided over politics.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
  • It is considered a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church, said Monsignor Walter Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Archpriest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archpriest. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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