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Spellman

American  
[spel-muhn] / ˈspɛl mən /

noun

  1. Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.


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Saint Monica Prep Principal James Spellman celebrates the scholarships as a sign that the school’s educational model is working.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Mr. Perdomo played the pansexual warlock Ambrose Spellman in the Netflix series “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and Andre Anderson, a superhuman with magnetic manipulation abilities, in “The Boys” spinoff series “Gen V.”

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

Either he or Reichert would be the state’s first Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023

A longstanding locus of Black colleges such as Spellman and universities such as Atlanta and Clark, this city came to house a substantial and proud Black middle class.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023

The students and ... and Mabel created Mrs. Spellman together, in order to do the job—the job of schooling.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements