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as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
According to rabbinic sources, Abraham and his wife Sarah went on to convert a large number of people to Judaism.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The Talmud, with its rabbinic legal codes and commentaries, its reams of debates and interpretive disagreements, provided a heady way into learning a new religion.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
But the particular rule regarding kohanim and converts is rabbinic, not Biblical, which—arguably—allows a degree of discretion.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The ark described in the Torah, which housed the Ten Commandments tablets among other holy objects, was hidden after the destruction of the First Temple, per rabbinic tradition.
—Alex Traiman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The Talmud, with its rabbinic legal codes and commentaries, its reams of debates and interpretive disagreements, provided a heady way into learning a new religion.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
But the particular rule regarding kohanim and converts is rabbinic, not Biblical, which—arguably—allows a degree of discretion.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The ark described in the Torah, which housed the Ten Commandments tablets among other holy objects, was hidden after the destruction of the First Temple, per rabbinic tradition.
—Alex Traiman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
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Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.—
Jacob F. Love,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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Previously, the job was mostly clerical, scheduling debates and keeping track of committee assignments.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Diocese of Gary Bishop Robert McClory issued restrictions, including removing priestly faculties, not celebrating mass or other sacraments publicly, and not wearing clerical attire or using his clerical title.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Despite teaching secular subjects, the court deemed his role sufficiently religious to fall under the ministerial exception, barring his discrimination claim under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.—
A.J. Schumann,
Sun Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Swaggart ultimately rejected the harsher penalty and was stripped of his ministerial credentials.—
Frank E. Lockwood,
Arkansas Online,
1 July 2025
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Though the effort has religious roots, the mission of Lives Transformed isn’t explicitly evangelical.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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That is not to deny a revival of interest in Christian religion in the young and the strength of various kinds of evangelical Christianity in immigrant minorities, especially from Africa.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Once selected, the successor will have the chance to accept the title, choose a papal name, and dress in papal attire, among other procedures.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Echoing this sentiment of finding hope in La Virgen de la Puerta, Pope Francis, during his apostolic journey to Peru, crowned La Virgen de la Puerta and gave her the title of Mother of Mercy and Hope.—
Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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Francis chose to live in the humble Santa Marta guest house, not the apostolic palace.—
Howard Chua-Eoan,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Freddie Clayton The Fisherman’s Ring is a signet ring presented to a new pope at his inauguration, as a symbol of his episcopal authority and as the successor of St. Peter, the fisherman apostle and the first pope, who began his papacy around the year 30.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Their respective journeys offer audiences a unique perspective on the trials and tribulations of women navigating the perils of patriarchal societies across the ages.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Each of eight episodes, which run a fleet 35-ish minutes apiece, follows a woman (usually a woman of a certain age) as she is pushed to the point of incandescent fury (usually by a man, or at least by the indignities that come with living in a patriarchal society).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 July 2025
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