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Recent Examples of parish
Then there's the parish itself.
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Emma Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
For now, his parish is lively and full of young families.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Shamefully, even as the Evanston parish was asking its members to dig deeper, Anderson was siphoning some of the church funds for his own personal needs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Peter and Paul is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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Emma Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
For now, his parish is lively and full of young families.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Shamefully, even as the Evanston parish was asking its members to dig deeper, Anderson was siphoning some of the church funds for his own personal needs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Peter and Paul is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
Noun
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Her selection was controversial among the Black church’s leadership and laity.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Casting contraception as a Christian concept was a remarkable—perhaps even radical—reformulation, and one to which the laity, as much as clergy and theologians, laid claim.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tragedies like this affect more than one congregation.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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Among Piercey’s victims were members of his religious congregation, Beth El Church in Redding.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
21 May 2026
Noun
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Marc makes an example of the penitent, powerless Jeanne, reminding the rest of his flock of the punishment for apostasy and using her rough time among the heathens as proof of why none under his control should ever want to trade his order for such modern sin and depravity.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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The album, which of course features flocks of pigeons on the cover, boasts a tighter, fuller sound than previous releases, thanks in part to production by Kenneth Blume (Geese, Idles) and Klas Åhlund (Iggy Pop, Katy Perry).—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Treva Edwards, 61, founded and ran a church named Jesus is Lord by the Holy Ghost in the Newark suburb of Orange.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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Both Catholic and Protestant Europe built imposing churches to the glory of their versions of God, and bells were their voices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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