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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monachal
Adjective
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There's divine casting, and then there's divine casting.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 June 2025 -
Evoking the concept of kingdoms while exploring diverse expressions of power, the pieces span empires, kingdoms, city-states, chiefdoms, and figures from divine rulers to heroic leaders.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out in June 2025 Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession.—
Pria Anand,
TIME,
18 Feb. 2025
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After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine, writes guest columnist Eli Federman.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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This find sheds light on the region’s monastic history and the Order of Cistercians.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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On the other hand, the monastic vow of chastity, an innovation of the early church, proved more lasting.—
Spencer Strub,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some of those details are in opposition to one another – the ancient and the modern, the religious and the secular -particularly in Riyadh.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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Mahmood is the daughter of a Russian Jewish mother and an Indian Hindu father, according to past reporting, and grew up around cultural and religious practices from both sides of her family.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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That changed with ecclesiastical reforms introduced under Pope Gregory X, who mandated a minimum 10-day waiting period to allow time for prayer and reflection—and for distant cardinals to travel to Rome.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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There is some irony that the lawmakers working on the bill with preliminary votes on both Saturday and Sunday, the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sabbath, violated the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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Below, shop the 13 best ceramide moisturizers recommended by experts, along with holy grail picks from Vogue editors themselves.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
26 May 2025
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“Monachal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monachal. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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