noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of monsignor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Monsignor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /mɒnˈsiː.njə/
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UK: /mɒn.siːˈnjɔː/
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US: /mɑnˈsiː.njɚ/
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US: /mɑn.siːnˈjɔr/
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CMU ARPABET: M AA0 N S IY1 N Y ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
(Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: priest
History
Etymology
From Italian monsignore, from signore under influence from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsieur.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: imzot — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Basque: monsinore — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Chinese Mandarin: 蒙席 (méngxí) — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Dutch: monseigneur — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Esperanto: monsinjoro — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- French: monseigneur — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- German: Monsignore — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Indonesian: monsinyur — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Italian: monsignore — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Macedonian: монсињо́р (monsinjór) — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Polish: prałat — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Portuguese: monsenhor — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Russian: монсеньо́р (monsenʹór) — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Spanish: monseñor — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Swedish: monsignore — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Tagalog: monsenyor — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
- Vietnamese: đức ông — ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope
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