Monsignor
noun
a title conferred upon certain prelates.
Monsignori
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pluralof Monsignor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Have long since ceased to be concerned by this: why should a mere English farmer compete in elegance with these Monsignori and Illustrissimi?
From The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton
The Cardinals in scarlet, and Monsignori in purple, were there; and a body of officiating Clergy.
From Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
There was to be very good singing at one of the small chapels, but it was already so full that we couldn't get in, though we had cards from one of the Monsignori.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Mary Alsop King Waddington
Four mitred Abbots, several Monsignori, and Priors, Rectors, Vicars-general and canons innumerable rode in the procession, followed on foot by the humble army of parish priests and by interminable confraternities of all orders.
From The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton
But among all the people who discussed the intended marriage there were two who were so well satisfied as to be almost jubilant, and these were the Monsignori Moretti and Gherardi.
From The Master-Christian by Marie Corelli
