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After months of goodbyes, his faithful parishioners came one last time for his final Mass in the church at Township Line and Burmont roads Tuesday morning.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
30 June 2026 Presutti approached his donors, most of them parishioners, for the money to gut those buildings.—
Rufus Walker,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2026 Ethan Hawke does arguably his career-best work as the protagonist, a priest who becomes rattled when one of his parishioners expresses despondency over a God who would allow his planet to die because of climate change.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
19 June 2026 While the investigation is underway, Vargas is prohibited from having any contact with parishioners, employees, volunteers, or organizations affiliated with the Diocese, the statement said.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for parishioner
Word History
Etymology
Middle English parisshoner, probably modification of Anglo-French parochien, from paroche