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Adjective
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Uram also praised those efforts, while emphasizing that JTS is more than a rabbinical and cantorial school.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026 -
Most importantly, the High Court of Justice’s decision recognized that women have achieved high levels of education in rabbinic law.—
Michal Raucher,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But the chapel, heavy with the scent of ecclesiastical incense, felt as genuine as could be, worn from nearly two centuries of worship.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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Walsh’s ruling gave the OCA, which is the largest of three Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical bodies in the United States, authority to govern the parish and the judge ordered the parish’s former leaders to vacate the property by June 2025.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Mindfulness meditation was not widely practiced by the non-monastic Buddhist laity.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Otherwise, rooms are almost monastic in their lack of decorative elements and rely on the interplay of shadows and sunlight for interest.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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This will be followed by a final period in Florence to learn the technique and historical evolution of egg tempera, to acquire ancient handweaving skills and expand her knowledge of its applications in the ecclesiastic context.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Back then, Kennedy was constantly fending off accusations from Protestant ecclesiastic types who were wary that his nomination meant the pontiff, John XXIII, was already packing his bags for a move into the White House.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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This may seem in stark opposition to the aforementioned acoustic piety, but these dueling approaches form a beautiful medley of opposites, placing all things human right alongside all things divine, as Christophe attempts to ascertain the nature of both.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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Roughly nine hours west of Cairo, Siwa is known for salt pools, palm groves and the Oracle of Ammon, where Alexander the Great is said to have been declared divine.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
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Many, though not all, Shiites support Hezbollah, as do Lebanese from other religious groups.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Hunting, gathering, and ceremonies connected to the Brunot lands are integral to Ute religious and cultural life, with the Ute people historically returning to familiar hunting and gathering areas year after year.—
Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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One was that literary journalism anthology the mendicant had flipped through.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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The first mendicant orders, like the Franciscans and Dominicans, received papal approval in the early 13th century.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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But degraded conventual forces could drive Putin to other means of exerting force.—
Matt Seyler,
ABC News,
10 May 2022
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The Rev. Brad Heckathorne, a Conventual Franciscan friar, performed the ceremony at the chapel at Duke University.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2017
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“Caliphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliphal. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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