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Cook, a Brown student and a parishioner at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, was named as one of those killed.—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2025 Thanks to the help of some parishioners, that will soon change in time for Christmas.—Joe Holden, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 One of the students killed was Ella Cook, a parishioner at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, the church announced during its Sunday service.—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025 Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham said Cook was one of its parishioners.—Stephen Sorace , Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parishioner
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Etymology
Middle English parisshoner, probably modification of Anglo-French parochien, from paroche
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