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What is another word for Monseigneur?

Pronunciation: [mˌɒnse͡ɪnˈɜː] (IPA)

Monseigneur is a French term used to address a high-ranking member of the clergy or nobility. However, there are several synonyms for the word, which can be used to refer to individuals of different hierarchies in society. These include terms such as Bishop, Archbishop, Cardinal, Duke, Count, and Lord. Bishop refers to a senior member of the clergy, while Archbishop and Cardinal signify higher offices in the church hierarchy. On the other hand, Duke and Count are used to address nobility or individuals of royal descent, and Lord is a title bestowed on a person of high social standing. Whatever the term used, they all refer to an individual of a high social or religious status.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Monseigneur

It was too much the way of Monseigneur under his reverses as a refugee, and it was much too much the way of native British orthodoxy, to talk of this terrible revolution as if it were the one only harvest ever known under the skies that had not been sown-as if nothing had ever been done that had led to it-as if the observers of the wretched millions in France, and of the misused and perverted resources that should have made them prosperous, had not seen it inevitably coming, years before, and had not in plain words recorded what they saw.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
It was as impossible for Henrietta as for any other good wife, whether princess or peasant, to consider a course of action apart from the interests of her husband, and those who had dealings with her had to learn, sometimes painfully, that her first consideration must always be he of whom she was accustomed to write, with pretty formality, as "le roi Monseigneur."
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
The tone of her letters to "le roy Monseigneur," if always loving is often peremptory, and sometimes even dictatorial, while she does not hesitate to show her contempt for his lack of decision and promptitude.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes

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