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Other times it's meant driving parishioners and their families to the airport so they could self-deport.—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025 Archbishop Robert Casey said the allegations were false and asked parishioners to stop spreading rumors.—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Dixie is a parishioner at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Nashville’s only majority Black Catholic parish and historically known as a leader among local Catholics in community outreach and advocating for social justice.—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Swaggart accused the New Orleans preacher of having affairs with various parishioners, as well as another minister’s wife.—Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parishioner
Word History
Etymology
Middle English parisshoner, probably modification of Anglo-French parochien, from paroche
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