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Recent Examples of parish
And now, as the ailing pontiff receives care at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Catholic Palestinians in Gaza are offering Francis their own prayers, with leaders and members of the Holy Family parish in northern Gaza praying for his recovery.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The incident unraveled during a relic of St. Jude's tour at the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet, Illinois, on Nov. 21, 2024.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Bermuda’s most famous beach sits on the island’s south coast, in the parish of Southampton.
—Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
Turnout for the four constitutional amendments ranged between about 5.5% to 6.2% for the two parishes.
—Jacob Mathews | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Dec. 2024
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The incident unraveled during a relic of St. Jude's tour at the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet, Illinois, on Nov. 21, 2024.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Bermuda’s most famous beach sits on the island’s south coast, in the parish of Southampton.
—Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
Turnout for the four constitutional amendments ranged between about 5.5% to 6.2% for the two parishes.
—Jacob Mathews | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
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Reforms on the table include how to give greater roles to women in the Catholic Church, including ordaining them as deacons, and the greater inclusion of laity in governance and decision making.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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The laity were to be monogamous, the holy men celibate, and the actually divine would not even feel lust.—
S. C. Cornell,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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Faith leaders worried congregations wouldn’t return, that the pandemic might spell a precipitous drop in an American religious life that was already becoming more secular.—
Jacob Turcotte,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
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Most American Jewish congregations say a prayer for the State of Israel every Shabbat.—
Yonat Shimron,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a flock of brand-new exemptions to the state’s open-records laws are clustered at the gates of the state Legislature, fueled by support that’s often bipartisan and likely to pass.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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None of the birds from the flock have entered the food system, according to the Mississippi board.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The couple quickly went public, begging for information or for whomever might have taken her to leave her at a hospital, church, a fire station.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2025
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But the Russian revolution threw the Russian Orthodox denomination into chaos as American churches fought for control amid shifting alliances, eventually splitting from the mother church.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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