The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monsignore \Mon`si*gno"re\, n.; 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.)
Usage examples of "monsignore".
It was more than a hundred and thirty years ago that an Orfei—he was a monsignore of Holy Church, can you imagine?
I charge you: remember Romeo e Giulietta, Dante e Beatrice, Monsignore Orfei e la zingara.
De Soya can hardly refuse, so that night -amid scepters and pink-buttoned monsignore, beneath the giant insignia of His Holiness's Triple Crown and Crossed Keys (which also appears on the papal diskey that de Soya now wears around his neck), amid the smoke of incense, white miters and the tinkle of bells, under the solemn singing of a six-hundred-member children's choir, the simple priest-warrior from MadredeDios and the elegant Archbishop celebrate the mystery of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.