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Recent Examples of episcopal
After returning to the United States, Novakovic attended an Episcopal boarding school in San Antonio, Texas.
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Byrachel Cole,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
20 May 2026
On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.
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Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Jackson is an Episcopal priest, theological educator and former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida executive.
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Beth Reese Cravey,
Florida Times-Union,
6 Feb. 2026
After a water line at the temple breaks, members celebrate Hanukkah at an Episcopal church.
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Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
13 Dec. 2025
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Byrachel Cole,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
20 May 2026
On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.
—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Jackson is an Episcopal priest, theological educator and former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida executive.
—
Beth Reese Cravey,
Florida Times-Union,
6 Feb. 2026
After a water line at the temple breaks, members celebrate Hanukkah at an Episcopal church.
—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
13 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for episcopal
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The last few weeks have shown his governing style and a remarkable run of papal decision-making where Leo has set the agenda, rather than merely fulfill the appointments set by his predecessor.
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Some attendees, though, expressed more trepidation about the consecration of new bishops without papal approval.
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On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.
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The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.
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Support for the clerical leadership is paper thin, analysts say, and the new Supreme Leader, Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei, has not been seen in any new image since being wounded in the strike that killed his father.
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Until then, the new law provides for the superintendent to have several deputies and a skeleton clerical staff.
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Yet the latest prime ministerial switch raises a fundamental question not just for Britain’s political future, but for that of other major European countries such as France and Germany.
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Under the agreement, at least four ministerial posts will change hands, but major strategies are expected to remain the same.
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Parsi priesthood is hereditary, meaning all the boys here have been born into priestly families.
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Before heading to seminary and taking up the priestly collar, Borba enjoyed red carpets and professional acclaim for his business acumen.
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Leo opened his visit to Pompeii by meeting with sick and disabled people who are cared for by a charity center affiliated with the sanctuary, which Leo’s namesake, Pope Leo XIII, declared a pontifical basilica in 1901.
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That public spat has overshadowed his pontifical tour of four African countries, which ended Thursday with a Mass for thousands of people in Malabo, the former capital of Equatorial Guinea.
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Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.
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Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.
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Still, their ambitions are quite idealistic, even verging on evangelical.
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For example, today, Americans might believe that the demands of racial equity or of evangelical Christianity are so pressing that executive power would be justified in ignoring the legislature or the judiciary to serve them.
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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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