Monsignor
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Monsignor is a form of address or honorific for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church.
Portrait of Monsignor James F. Loughlin. The ecclesiastical dress of priests styled monsignor is similar to that of bishops.
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Apocope
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In phonology, apocope is the omission or loss of a sound or sounds at the end of a word. While it most commonly refers to the loss of a final vowel, it can also describe the deletion of final consonan
Monsignor
…Monsignor ( mon-SEEN-yər; Italian: monsignore ) is a form of address or honorific for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church. It is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, a loan from French monseigneur meaning "my lord". "Monsignor" can be abbreviated as Mons. or Msgr. In some languages…
Supermarket aisle sign in Calgary, Canada, in 2025, showing apocope of -ed in etymological canned meat and canned vegetables but not in Mexican