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Overflowing with grace and mercy, Jud yearns to embrace his parishioners in their human brokenness, without condemnation.—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025 Thrasher's parishioners are struggling, too.—Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025 Most are at churches and feature a huge assortment made by an army of parishioners and volunteers.—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 5 Dec. 2025 Washington plays a parishioner of the small-town Catholic church where an impossible crime takes place.—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parishioner
Word History
Etymology
Middle English parisshoner, probably modification of Anglo-French parochien, from paroche
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