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Ministries offer everything from wellness checks and meal support to prayer groups and volunteer opportunities that keep older parishioners engaged.—Carli Teproff, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025 With parishioners running to hide or get out of the building, Carter and Max were pushed up against a glass window separating the chapel from the foyer, which led to an exit.—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025 For example, just hours after a raid, churches would open their doors so parishioners too terrified to go home could sleep in the pews.—William D. Lopez, Time, 29 Sep. 2025 Around them sat a dozen parishioners, all Black, mostly women decades older than Roof.—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 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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