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Recent Examples of parishes
Four of Cincinnati's oldest West Side parishes are making plans to merge into a new parish that would serve hundreds of Catholics who attend their churches and schools.
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Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parishes
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The alliance is a social justice coalition of more than 50 Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, Catholic, Quaker, and Unitarian Universalist congregations in central Connecticut, and a major proponent of HB 5396.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2026
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Other Christian congregations from Arizona and California were in Israel when the conflict erupted.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Lead poisoning is the top threat, and most flocks remain dependent on captive breeding.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The same Daybreak Foods location was released from quarantine in November, after bird flu was reported twice last fall in the company's Jefferson County flocks, according to a spokesperson for the state's agriculture department.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Divisions have widened so sharply over recent decades that some national churches stopped participating in Anglican Communion gatherings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Postwar Black churches, as Du Bois understood, represented the heart of Black efforts to secure social, political, and religious equality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Parishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parishes. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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