hierarch

Example Sentences

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Every new disclosure makes clear that hierarchs were aware of the abuses for many decades.

From New York Times

No human, from the greenest convert to the most supreme hierarch, can “lower the bar.”

From Washington Post

Another Orthodox bishop called Amvrosios, recently retired from the diocese of Helsinki, said he found it “shocking” to hear of his fellow hierarch’s outburst.

From Economist

But when the eastern hierarchs returned to base, they soon found that that the deal was utterly rejected by their home constituencies.

From Economist

AS YOU might expect, Germany’s Catholic hierarchs were less than thrilled when legislators voted on June 30th, by 393 votes to 226, to legalise same-sex marriage.

From Economist