Monsignor

• monsignor

From Italian monsignore, from signore, based on French monseigneur.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒnˈsiː.njə/, /mɒn.siːˈnjɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑnˈsiː.njɚ/

Monsignor (plural Monsignori or Monsignors)

1. (Roman Catholicism) An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope

   Synonyms: Msgr., Mons.

   • 2011, Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 123:

     Brother Matteo is a Capuchin, of course, so he eats pretty frugally: bread and water, vegetables and fruit, no meat, no cheese. And poor old Father Bechetti lost his appetite when he lost his teeth. So it’s really the three Monsignors who do the feasting.

• monseigneur
• monsieur
• signor