English

Noun

Monsignor ‎(plural Monsignori)

1. An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope

Related terms

• Abbreviation: Msgr. or Mons.

Translations

English

Noun

monsignor ‎(plural monsignors)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Monsignor
   • 2007, February 4, “Alexis Rehrmann”, in Her Parents Couldn’t Take Care of Her. This Home Could.:

     He paid half the $850 monthly tuition, and the church monsignor covered the rest.

   • 2007 October 21, Peter Applebome, “A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights”, in New York Times:

     “Chances are if you had any efforts to modify it, you’d have parades of monsignors, ministers and rabbis trooping up to Capitol Hill,” said Professor Baker.

Italian

Noun

monsignor

1. apocopic form of monsignore