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Definition of Monsignor
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests.
Generic synonyms: Priest
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
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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