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MONSIGNOR (It. monsignore, my lord)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 740 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MONSIGNOR (It. monsignore, my lord)

MONSIGNOR (It. monsignore, my See also:
LORD
LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)
lord) , a See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour granted by the See also:

pope to bishops and to high dignitaries and officials of the papal See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household . It is abbreviated Mgr .

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