(रोमन कॅथोलिक चर्च),

monsignors's Usage Examples:

pope has named all married ordinaries as apostolic protonota—that is, monsignors of the highest rank—soon after the respective appointments to that office.

Priests ranked as monsignors who are also pastors may wear black cassocks with matching pellegrinae.

other countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic de numero.

and chaplains of the Pope, these three being the different ranks of monsignors, from highest to lowest.

piping for monsignors, black with red piping for bishops; and black with scarlet for cardinals.

Pastors of a Church, vicars general or episcopal vicars or deans, or monsignors (see the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin-rite Churches, and episcopal.

Rohlman named monsignors every two years.

parishes, pastors have precedence before other presbyters and deacons, even monsignors, but not before their own dean or archdeacon.

It has the most number (37) of ordained presbyters (including five monsignors) of the Roman Catholic Church in the whole region with the exception of the municipality of Villareal, Samar.

Synonyms:

priest,

Antonyms:

layman,