as in apostolic
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaconal
Adjective
-
But after the Mass ended, Francis appeared on the loggia balcony over the basilica entrance for more than 20 minutes and imparted the apostolic blessing in Latin.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Apr. 2025 -
In the apostolic age, the first millennium of Christianity, when the Church did not yet have the backing of law and culture and strong institutionsChristianity spread rapidly across the ancient world.—
Austen Ivereigh,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.—
Julia Hobbs,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2024
-
Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.—
Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
Adjective
-
Francis, who scaled back rules for papal funeral rites a year ago, made sure his own service and burial reflected that same message of simplicity − breaking from tradition even in death.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
-
The movie tries to showcase the battle for the soul of the church that takes place during a papal election, highlighting tensions between progressives and traditionalists, the role (or lack thereof) of women and, in the case of Fiennes’ character, Cardinal Lawrence, a crisis of faith.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
Francis had established the Holy See’s first pontifical commission for the protection of minors early on in his reign.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
-
Turkson resigned from that role in 2021 and was appointed to head two pontifical academies on sciences and social sciences.—
Philip Pullella, Crispian Balmer, Alvise Armellini, Joshua McElwee and Chris Scicluna,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
Second, the dating of the Paschal Full Moon is not based on astronomical computations but rather is taken from ecclesiastical tables.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
12 Apr. 2025
-
Pope Francis has named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore the next bishop, or top official, of the Diocese of Providence, a 153-year-old ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church.—
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
However, here, too, Pope Francis streamlined procedures, urging the cardinals to advance the start of the conclave if all the electors are already in the Vatican before the canonical 15 days.—
Paolo Armelli,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
-
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI, the next installment in his canonical series, will arrive on June 6.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
Boehler told the outlet that Vieira was doing missionary work when he was detained by Tunisian authorities 13 months ago.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
-
The first Orthodox churches in North America were established as missionary operations in Alaska by Russia, which owned the territory, in the late 18th Century before spreading to California, New York and the Midwest as waves of immigrants from Greece and Eastern Europe settled across the country.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
From this perspective, an attack on empathy is inevitable, especially among the evangelical subculture most susceptible to Christian nationalist propaganda.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
-
Could an evangelical school like Wheaton College be compelled to appoint an atheist to its faculty?—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Diaconal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diaconal. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share