Mindszenty

American  

[mind-sen-tee] / ˈmɪnd sɛn ti /

noun

1. Joseph Joseph Pehm, 1892–1975, Hungarian Roman Catholic clergyman: primate of Hungary 1945–74.

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Mindszenty British  

/ ˈmɪndsɛntɪ /

noun

1. Joseph. 1892–1975, Hungarian cardinal. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on a charge of treason (1949) but released during the 1956 Revolution

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Example Sentences

The Vatican on Wednesday also said that Francis had approved the “heroic virtues of God’s servant” Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, the Hungarian churchman who suffered a long imprisonment for being a foe of Communism.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2019

Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, head of the Catholic Church in Hungary, was imprisoned in the 1940s under communist rule, spent many years living at the U.S.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018

But Zen wrote that when he raised the cases with Francis during a private audience, the pope said he had told his aides “not to create another Mindszenty case”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2018

Many members of the Mindszenty Foundation were also members of the ultraright John Birch Society, and its founder, Robert Welch, once called Mrs. Schlafly “one of our most loyal members.”

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2016

Unlike Hungary's Cardinal Mindszenty, Archbishop Stepinac issued no pronouncements against the regime.

From Time Magazine Archive