On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Dicastery. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Dicastery in a sentence
Dicastery meaning
- A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.
- A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts.
Using Dicastery
- The main meaning on this page is: A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical. | A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts.
- In the example corpus, dicastery often appears in combinations such as: dicastery for, the dicastery, vatican dicastery.
Context around Dicastery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dicastery
- In this selection, "dicastery" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vatican, renamed and wanted stand out and add context to how "dicastery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the dicastery for promoting and of the dicastery for the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dicastery" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dicastery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was named a consultor of the dicastery in 2017. (10 words)
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (12 words)
Italian journalist Paolo Ruffini has been appointed as head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication. (16 words)
Pope Francis also gave the bishops the impression that in the upcoming reform of the Roman Curia, the renamed Dicastery for Eastern Churches would continue to expand its role of serving their churches rather than trying to control them. (39 words)
In a meeting on May 23 with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for Saints’ Causes, the pope signed decrees advancing the sainthood causes of Blessed Acutis, as well as one woman, and six men. (36 words)
The new cardinals included Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem; Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong; and Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. (34 words)
Example sentences (18)
According to the biographical notes of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, he became a teacher and taught for a certain period until he felt the call to the priesthood.
Because the just lately appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, which recommends clergymen whom the pope will make bishops, he holds one of the vital influential positions on the Vatican.
In 2022, Francis appointed Czerny as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, a department of the Roman Curia that focuses on serving forcibly displaced and marginalized populations.
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints issued a clarification saying the child was actually born during the horror of the killings and received “baptism by blood” of its martyred mother.
Vatican News is the Vatican's official Internet news portal which umbrellas Vatican Radio, L'Osservatore Romano -- daily newspaper -- and Vatican Media -- television station -- all under the oversight of the Dicastery for Communication.
He serves as a consultant to the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and as the current director of the historical archives for the Augustinians’ Italian province.
In a meeting on May 23 with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for Saints’ Causes, the pope signed decrees advancing the sainthood causes of Blessed Acutis, as well as one woman, and six men.
The new cardinals included Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem; Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong; and Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) announced July 5 that it had declared former U.S Nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to be guilty of “schism” and automatically excommunicated.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Pope Francis also gave the bishops the impression that in the upcoming reform of the Roman Curia, the renamed Dicastery for Eastern Churches would continue to expand its role of serving their churches rather than trying to control them.
The dicastery also detailed the rollout of a “seven-year journey toward integral ecology” for families, dioceses, schools, universities, hospitals, businesses, farms and religious orders.
He was named a consultor of the dicastery in 2017.
Linda Ghisoni is a canon lawyer who serves as a consultant for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and is undersecretary for laity at the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
The homes and property of more than 10 million people have been damaged and at least 2 million people require emergency assistance, the dicastery said.
Italian journalist Paolo Ruffini has been appointed as head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication.
It said the dicastery wanted to respond to Pope Francis’ repeated calls to fight drug abuse and to show the church’s commitment to addressing the problem.
The pope made his remarks in an address to 300 people taking part in a July 5-6 international conference organized by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Common combinations with dicastery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: