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Monsignor   /mɑnsˈinjər/   Listen
Monsignor

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





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"Monsignor" Quotes from Famous Books



... into his life the light of sun and moon and stars together. However, as he admitted long afterwards, his mistake was as terrible as convincing. Life began for him that day he sat in the railway carriage across the aisle from distinguished Monsignor O'Donnell, prelate of the Pope's household, doctor in theology, and vicar-general of the New York diocese. The train being on its way to Boston, and the journey dull, Horace whiled away a slow hour ...
— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith
... me for an estimate of Monsignor Orange. Questions are always easy. Let me offer you facts in return. The Castrillon duel was a nine days' wonder—much discussed and soon forgotten. Castrillon left a letter with his second, M. de Lamoignon, to the effect that he had offered Orange "intolerable insults" which "no man of ...
— Robert Orange - Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange • John Oliver Hobbes


Words linked to "Monsignor" :   Church of Rome, priest, Western Church, Roman Church, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church


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