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exhortation

[eg-zawr-tey-shuhn, ek-sawr-] / ˌɛg zɔrˈteɪ ʃən, ˌɛk sɔr- /


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After the synod, the pope writes what is known as an Apostolic Exhortation, an official document setting out his views on which, if any, of its recommendations should be taken up.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

The pope will consider the proposals, including an expanded role for women, in writing his own document, known as an Apostolic Exhortation.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2019

After that, it will be up to Pope Francis to weigh up the opinions expressed, and to write an "Apostolic Exhortation" to the entire Roman Catholic Church.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2015

In the cemetery Eddie Slater, National chairman of the Normandy Veterans' Association, read the Exhortation, "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old".

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2014

An Introduction has been prefixed to the office consisting of a collection of sentences from Holy Scripture, all of them of a penitential character, and besides these of an Exhortation, a Confession, and an Absolution.

From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed




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