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Monsignor definition

Mon·si·gnor (män sēn′yər)

noun pl. Monsignors -·gnors

  1. a title given to certain dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church
  2. a person who has this title

Etymology: It, lit., my lord, Monseigneur

Also It. Monsignor Mon′·si·gnor′ (mō̂′sē nyō̂r′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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