churchman
Example Sentences
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An 1850 issue of The Dublin University Magazine said beaver tail was usually eaten during Lent by the "strict churchmen of Northern Germany," while the Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art wrote:
From Salon
I don’t mess with churchmen or my family.
From Washington Post
Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald enact the two churchmen whose experiences the story explores.
From Los Angeles Times
The government also placed sanctions on its abbot, another wealthy churchman and several bishops in Russia or Russian-held parts of Ukraine.
From Seattle Times
“Signs point to the real possibility that Belo is another McCarrick – an acclaimed churchman whose predations were known to many church officials.”
From Seattle Times
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