Definition of Monsignor

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests.


Definition of Monsignor

1. Noun. An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope ¹

2. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Monsignor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monsignor

1. [n -GNORS or -GNORI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monsignor

Monro's sulcus
Monro-Kellie doctrine
Monro-Richter line
Monroe
Monroe Doctrine
Monrovia
Monrovian
Monrovians
Mons.
Monseigneur
Monsel's salt
Monsel's solution
Monsel solution
Monsieur
Monsignor (current term)
Monsignori
Monson curve
Monster Raving Loony
Monstera deliciosa
Mont.
Mont Blanc
Montagnais
Montagovian
Montagu
Montagu's harrier
Montague
Montaigne
Montana
Montanan

Literary usage of Monsignor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Monsignor (dominus meus; monseigneur, My Lord). —As early as the fourteenth century it was the custom to address persons high in rank or power with the ..."

2. Catholic Socialism by Francesco Saverio Nitti (1895)
"... according to Cardinal Manning—Cardinal Manning and the Dockers' Strike—Monsignor Lynch and the Right to Existence—State Socialism of Monsignor Bagshawe ..."

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