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Mon⋅si⋅gnor

  [mon-see-nyer; It. mawn-see-nyawr]
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–noun, plural Mon⋅si⋅gnors, Italian. Mon⋅si⋅gno⋅ri  [mawn-see-nyaw-ree] . Roman Catholic Church.
1. a title conferred upon certain prelates.
2. a person bearing this title.
Also, mon⋅si⋅gnor.

Origin:
1635–45; < It < F Monseigneur monseigneur; see signor

Related forms:
mon⋅si⋅gno⋅ri⋅al  [mon-seen-yawr-ee-uhl, -yohr-] , adjective
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Mon·si·gnor also mon·si·gnor   (mŏn-sēn'yər)   
n.   Roman Catholic Church

  1. A title and an office conferred on a male cleric by a pope.

  2. Abbr. Msgr. or Mgr. Used as a form of address prefixed to the name of such a cleric.


[Italian, from French Monseigneur; see Monseigneur.]
Mon'si·gnor'i·al (mŏn'sēn-yôr'ē-əl, -yōr'-) adj.
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Word Origin & History

monsignor 
title conferred on some prelates, 1641, from It. monsignore, formed on model of Fr. monseigneur from equivalent elements in It.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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