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The Vatican City State has a tiny resident population of fewer than 1,000 cardinals, bishops and monsignori and their staff, sleeping inside its walls when the gates close every night shortly after 11pm.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2012

Normally at the Vatican I am dealing with red-girdled monsignori who hold high office in the Church hierarchy and who are usually keenly conscious of the power structure in which they operate.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2010

The altar before it was bright with the purple garb of bishops and the monsignori.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Rome pale-browed monsignori fluttered soft hands in distress at the Prince-Primate's "tactlessness."

From Time Magazine Archive

This, of course, the Vatican monsignori will never do.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by White, Andrew Dickson