Monseigneur

American  

[mawn-se-nyœr] / mɔ̃ sɛˈnyœr /

Or monseigneur

noun

plural

Messeigneurs

1. a French title of honor given to princes, bishops, and other persons of eminence.

2. a person bearing this title.

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Monseigneur British  

/ mɔ̃sɛɲœr /

noun

1.  Mgr.  a title given to French bishops, prelates, and princes

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Etymology

Origin of Monseigneur

1590–1600; < French: my lord; seigneur

Example Sentences

Marc, as he was known to his colleagues and friends, had a real artistic flair, devoting most of his free time to painting,” said his colleague Monseigneur Bruno Valentin, Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles.

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2020

“Many citizens today live in fear, even if they do not say so aloud,” says Monseigneur Joachim Ntahondereye, president of the Burundian Council of Bishops.

From Economist • May 17, 2018

Other Cubans line up outside such Havana restaurants as Monseigneur La Torre and Floridita to spend 40 pesos on dinner for two.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had heard pontifical high mass sung by Montreal's Auxiliary Bishop Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps, later assisted at benediction of the Blessed Sacrament given by Vicar General Monseigneur Conrad Chaumont.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tearful widow of Floris van Borsele, who was lord of Veere in Zealand, gave Monseigneur Philip a stone, which, said she, made men loving and women inconsolable.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de