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Spellman

American  
[spel-muhn] / ˈspɛl mən /

noun

  1. Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.


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Saint Monica Prep Principal James Spellman celebrates the scholarships as a sign that the school’s educational model is working.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

As well as playing warlock Ambrose Spellman in the Netflix drama, Perdomo starred as Andre Anderson in Amazon Prime's superhero series Gen V.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024

Spellman wrote in a poem after the saxophonist’s death, “trane’s horn had words in it.”

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

A longstanding locus of Black colleges such as Spellman and universities such as Atlanta and Clark, this city came to house a substantial and proud Black middle class.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023

By the summer of 1981, there were three proposals for a national monument before the US Congress: one from Susan’s group, one from the Forest Service, and one from Washington’s new governor, John Spellman.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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