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The incident also comes about two weeks before St. Sabina is scheduled to do their peace walks, where St. Sabina parishioners walk through the neighborhood every Friday during the summer to prevent gun violence.—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025 According to former parishioners and other speeches from the new pope, the Church’s new leader sees no daylight between environmental degradation and inequality.—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 Sad parishioners filled the sanctuary to share Dolan’s prayers and share their own respects.—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025 Earnestly defending it is the province of clergy or parishioners who take the whole thing much too seriously (read: converts).—J.p. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 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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