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Pope Leo's statement is one of many debates being had in religious circles about the implications of AI and how parishioners should or should not engage with the rapidly growing technology.—Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 May 2026 At least 24 people died in major crashes over the past week, including eight Roman Catholic parishioners whose vehicle plunged into a river.—ABC News, 27 May 2026 In advance of its release, and leery of the inevitable TL;DR reaction, one Texas bishop warned parishioners not to ask a chatbot to summarize it for them.—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 27 May 2026 Former parishioner Marie Dickson still remembers the shock.—Joe Holden, CBS News, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for parishioner
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Etymology
Middle English parisshoner, probably modification of Anglo-French parochien, from paroche