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Webster 1913 Edition


Monsignore

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Monˊsi-gno′re

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Monsignors
(#)
.
[It., my lord. Cf.
Monseigneur
.]
My lord; – an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev.
Mgr.
)