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Three parishioners in their 80s were also wounded.—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025 That is on a parishioners' book club reading list that also includes a number of titles by Agatha Christie, a frequent touchstone for these films.—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025 The attack on August 27 killed two schoolchildren – ages 8 and 10 – and wounded 21 others, including students and elderly parishioners.—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025 The all-star cast mostly plays Wicks’ parishioners, each with their own little set of personal foibles that at any moment could become a motive to kill.—Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Sep. 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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