Monsignor

[ mon-see-nyer; Italian mawn-see-nyawr ]

/ mɒnˈsi nyər; Italian ˌmɔn siˈnyɔr /

a title conferred upon certain prelates.

a person bearing this title.

Origin of Monsignor

1635–45; < Italian < French Monseigneur monseigneur; see signor

mon·si·gno·ri·al

[mon-seen-yawr-ee-uh l, -yohr-] /ˌmɒn sinˈyɔr i əl, -ˈyoʊr-/, adjective

The monsignor title has been around for centuries, for even longer than Goldman Sachs has existed.

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An opening letter by Monsignor Robert Weiss, a pastor at Saint Rose of Lima Parish, in Newtown, CT, sets the tone.

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The monsignor there agreed to offer a blessing when Capone was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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A “figure” apparently meaning the quantity of meth the monsignor should bring.

Monsignor Meth Kevin Wallin: The Kinky Priest Who Sold Meth |Michael Daly |January 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The story of Monsignor Kevin Wallins seems like a script pulled out of the Showtime offices.

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Monsignor held up his hand with two fingers stretched out beyond the others, and gave a gentle war-whoop.

The Art of Disappearing |John Talbot Smith
The pope himself addresses them under that title; his physician is monsignor, and no one objects.

A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10) |Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
"Help me, Monsignor," he said faintly, and the prelate raised him to his feet.

The Eternal City |Hall Caine
Monsignor studied her for a moment, and then broke into a genial laugh.

Carmen Ariza |Charles Francis Stocking
The other day I repeated that just to Monsignor, and he laughed at it; he condescended to laugh at it.

Madame Bovary |Gustave Flaubert

Monsignor

/ (mɒnˈsiːnjə, Italian monsiɲˈɲor) /

RC Church an ecclesiastical title attached to certain offices or distinctions usually bestowed by the Pope Abbreviation: Mgr, Msgr

C17: from Italian, from French Monseigneur