parish

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Recent Examples of parish In the early hours of September 16, Hidalgo summoned the people of Dolores by ringing the church bell of his parish. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026 In surveillance video released by the Diocese of Brooklyn, the masked man violently hits the statue outside the church in what Catholic officials say is the latest in a string of attacks targeting the parish. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Organizations like El Centro de Servicios Sociales in Lorain, Ohio, for example, worked closely with Sacred Heart Chapel, a Catholic parish, when more than 200 Puerto Rican families arrived in the city after Hurricane María in September 2017. — Gina Perez, The Conversation, 21 July 2026 Hyperion sits in a parish of about 20,000 people, one of the poorest in Louisiana, and the expansion is reviving hard questions about who ultimately foots the bill for a project of this scale. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for parish
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  1. laity
  2. congregation
  3. flock
  4. church
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  • The laity’s faith in monks and in their ability to provide merit and moral guidance can suffer if monks break their vows, such as by drinking alcohol or having sex.
    — Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Among other things, the council revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with other religions and the laity, and allowed Mass to be celebrated in vernacular languages rather than Latin.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of laity
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  • The congregation of athletic aficionados keen to connect with their idols and fellow fans is indicative of a wider trend.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The seven temples — at a conservative estimate — represent congregations of about 15,000 people, said Jasjit Singh, a Sikh community leader and trustee for the Sacramento City Unified School District.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of congregation
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  • The women playing their wives inventoried the encampment and supervised a flock of children on scooters and bikes.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Let’s hope all these flock cameras that @karenbassla @gavinnewsom and everyone thinks will stop crime can find these very dangerous criminals.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of flock
Noun
  • Over the past several decades, however, a growing percentage of people in Latin America, long a Catholic stronghold, have been embracing evangelical churches.
    — Johanna Bard Richlin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Authorities said Willeford, who lived near the church, grabbed his own gun and shot and chased the gunman, helping to stop the massacre.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
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