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Monsignor^¹

/mɒnˈsiː.njə/ UK
/mɒn.siːˈnjɔː/ UK
/mɑnˈsiː.njɚ/ US
/mɑn.siːnˈjɔr/ US

noun Monsignori · Monsignors

Alternative letter-case form of monsignor Brother Matteo is a Capuchin, of course, so he eats pretty frugally: bread and water, vegetables and fruit, no meat, no cheese. And poor old Father Bechetti lost his appetite when he lost his teeth. So it’s really the three Monsignors who do the feasting.

monsignor^²

/mɒnˈsiː.njə/ UK
/mɒn.siːˈnjɔː/ UK
/mɑnˈsiː.njɚ/ US

Where it comes from

From Italian monsignore, from signore under influence from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsieur.

noun monsignors · monsignori · Monsignor · Msgr. · Mons.

An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope. He goes one day to hear Father Hecker preach on the Destiny of Man, on another to hear Monsignor Pie, Bishop of Poitiers, then Archbishop Manning, and again Monsignor Mermillod and Father Burke. […] We have just made her a grand festa for her day, the 20th—twelve Masses, cardinal, two archbishops, t

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noun ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope

Español	monseñor
中文	蒙席 méngxí
Português	monsenhor
Français	monseigneur
Deutsch	Monsignore
Italiano	monsignore
Русский	монсеньо́р monsenʹór
Tiếng Việt	đức ông

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@misc{monsignor_2026,
  title = {monsignor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monsignor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}