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Recent Examples of parish
Living like a gentleman on the income from a not particularly prosperous parish, like her father did, involved a certain amount of keeping up appearances.
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Lucy Worsley
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
The Annunciation parish and school community is resuming some of its on-campus activities following a mass shooting that left two children dead and injured 17 people, one of whom is still hospitalized.
—Staff Report, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Standing outside the parish, Walz solemnly addressed reporters, lamenting that press conferences like this one had become all too common.
—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
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Lucy Worsley
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
The Annunciation parish and school community is resuming some of its on-campus activities following a mass shooting that left two children dead and injured 17 people, one of whom is still hospitalized.
—Staff Report, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Standing outside the parish, Walz solemnly addressed reporters, lamenting that press conferences like this one had become all too common.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
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Indeed, nuns are now teaching philosophy within their own nunneries at home and abroad, becoming principals of their institutions, serving as role models for other nuns and the laity, and entering long retreats – a staple of Buddhist contemplative activities on the path to awakening.—
Darcie Price-Wallace,
The Conversation,
26 Sep. 2025
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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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That gap gives congregations wide latitude to hire and restore youth pastors, worship leaders and other associate ministers — including those with histories of misconduct.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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What gives him some comfort is being able to help other congregations that are going through similar trauma.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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In addition to Affleck, Whitney Leavitt — also of Mormon Wives fame — as well as Alix Earle, Robert Irwin, Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony, Jordan Chiles, Hilaria Baldwin and Danielle Fishel were cast as the show’s latest flock of celebrity amateur dancers.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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Outbreaks surged in late 2024 and early 2025, affecting hundreds of commercial flocks and millions of birds, and leading to severe egg shortages and soaring prices.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Not one civil rights or church group was there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Later in the evening, the church pews were moved outside so the chapel could be transformed into a dance floor, with the groom's close friend, DJ Spence, performing Afrobeat music.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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