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Recent Examples of parish
Standing outside the parish, Walz solemnly addressed reporters, lamenting that press conferences like this one had become all too common.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Wake Up Dead Man is centered around a Catholic parish in the fictional town of Chimney Rock in upstate New York called Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
This absence — of God, of love, of plain community spirit — is a metaphor for the whole parish, where everyone is defined by their own lacks and deficiencies, the weaknesses that cause Wicks to despise them and vow to bring down them all.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Delahanty was a member of a four-man team assigned to one parish in the area, which had seen its congregation shrink significantly following White flight in the 1960s.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Wake Up Dead Man is centered around a Catholic parish in the fictional town of Chimney Rock in upstate New York called Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
This absence — of God, of love, of plain community spirit — is a metaphor for the whole parish, where everyone is defined by their own lacks and deficiencies, the weaknesses that cause Wicks to despise them and vow to bring down them all.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Delahanty was a member of a four-man team assigned to one parish in the area, which had seen its congregation shrink significantly following White flight in the 1960s.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
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To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote, whether for members of the school board or for the president of the country, is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves.—
Esau McCaulley,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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Yet many donors—ministers, nonprofit leaders, and faithful laity—gave to support orthodox Christian training rooted in biblical fidelity, not the progressive agendas dominating mainline seminaries.—
The Rev. Jake Dell,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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During the closing Neilah service after night has fallen, the practice concludes with the cries of the Shema prayer before the congregation erupts into song and dance.—
Krys'tal Griffin,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Timothy Jones, 48, said his family is part of another Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation, or ward, about 15 minutes away, but that his children were at the Grand Blanc Township ward Saturday night for a youth fall festival.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Hollywood and music’s biggest stars flock to Norton’s famous red sofa, with the show returning on Friday with a line-up that included Taylor Swift and Cillian Murphy.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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Those concerns became reality when Reggie began attacking the resident flock.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, Cookie reminded her church friends to watch the Hulu show based on my book Dopesick, only to cringe at the gay storyline and multiple f‑bombs in the first episode.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Vatican said Leo was invited to visit Turkey and Lebanon by both civil and church leaders of both countries.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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