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Recent Examples of parish
Her Catholic parish was looking for tutors for Afghan youth, newly arrived in the United States.
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Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The rite would be offered at only one chapel, which is not a parish, in Mooresville, 30 miles from Charlotte.
—Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
The search will focus on an area between Praia da Luz (a civil parish belonging to the town of Lagos) and one of the houses where Brueckner lived at the time the girl vanished, CNN Portugal reported.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Augustinian missionaries started the process of setting up Catholic parishes and, eventually, new dioceses.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
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Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The rite would be offered at only one chapel, which is not a parish, in Mooresville, 30 miles from Charlotte.
—Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
The search will focus on an area between Praia da Luz (a civil parish belonging to the town of Lagos) and one of the houses where Brueckner lived at the time the girl vanished, CNN Portugal reported.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Augustinian missionaries started the process of setting up Catholic parishes and, eventually, new dioceses.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
Noun
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Francis expanded the College of Cardinals beyond the large dioceses and archdioceses to create geographic and cultural diversity and to better represent the makeup of the laity and where the church is growing.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Examples of some of these key changes under Francis were revised procedures for an assembly of bishops known as a synod by allowing women and laity to participate, and his appointment of women to lead certain Vatican agencies.—
Liam Adams,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Nationally, evangelical congregations ranked among the Republican president’s most enthusiastic supporters — voting clout that has made White-Cain a powerful political influence in the White House.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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The dance was organized by several congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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There were live decoys trained to fly out and entice entire flocks of wild Canadas coming in from the upcountry breeding grounds.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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All the life of the field startles and a flock of starlings flush holding the shape of the flames.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Going from local church to being on tour in front of thousands of people overnight was a dream come true and, in the same season, writing with all my heroes.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
17 June 2025
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Prosecutors said the church’s surveillance video recorded the incident that caused multiple people to ask Hernandez to leave, according to ABC7 Eyewitness news.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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