Calling him "Monsignor" seems too feudal.
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Monsignor
//mɑnˈsiː.njɚ//
Synonyms for "monsignor" (5 found)
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17 translations across 17 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- imzot noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Basque
1 entries- monsinore noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蒙席 noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Dutch
1 entries- monseigneur noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Esperanto
1 entries- monsinjoro noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
French
1 entries- monseigneur noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
German
1 entries- Monsignore noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Indonesian
1 entries- monsinyur noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Italian
1 entries- monsignore noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Macedonian
1 entries- монсињо́р noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Polish
1 entries- prałat noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Portuguese
1 entries- monsenhor noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Russian
1 entries- монсеньо́р noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Spanish
1 entries- monseñor noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Swedish
1 entries- monsignore noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Tagalog
1 entries- monsenyor noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đức ông noun (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Brother Matteo is a Capuchin, of course, so he eats pretty frugally: bread and water, vegetables and fruit, no meat, no cheese. And poor old Father Bechetti lost his appetite when he lost his teeth. So it’s really the three Monsignors who do the feasting.
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Unlike other previous Prelates, who were swiftly anointed bishops, Francis did not follow suit. Ocáriz remained a Monsignor. In the eyes of many observers, it was a demotion of Opus Dei.
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He goes one day to hear Father Hecker preach on the Destiny of Man, on another to hear Monsignor Pie, Bishop of Poitiers, then Archbishop Manning, and again Monsignor Mermillod and Father Burke. […] We have just made her a grand festa for her day, the 20th—twelve Masses, cardinal, two archbishops, two monsignori, the other seven, priests.
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