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Recent Examples of parish
In the same parish two years before, Colbert pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud in a similar case.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
But, if your power goes out, Orleans and Jefferson parishes have warming shelters: Treme Center, Terrytown Playground and Ree Alario Special Needs Center.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
Ordained in 2019 and currently based in Erskine parish, just outside of Glasgow, Nicolson shares three children with his wife Victoria, who also works full-time as an elementary school teacher.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
What To Know Calvin Robinson, a priest leading an Anglican Catholic Church parish in Michigan who also serves as lead spokesman for the right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP), repeated the gesture while speaking at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
But, if your power goes out, Orleans and Jefferson parishes have warming shelters: Treme Center, Terrytown Playground and Ree Alario Special Needs Center.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
Ordained in 2019 and currently based in Erskine parish, just outside of Glasgow, Nicolson shares three children with his wife Victoria, who also works full-time as an elementary school teacher.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
What To Know Calvin Robinson, a priest leading an Anglican Catholic Church parish in Michigan who also serves as lead spokesman for the right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP), repeated the gesture while speaking at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
Noun
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Catholic clerics and laity have faithfully gathered each night in St. Peter’s Square to recite the rosary for the sake of the pope, being led in their prayer by members of the College of Cardinals.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Mar. 2025
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Bishops and laity grapple for control of papal agendas, and all grapple with the watershed reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), known as Vatican II.—
Mary Jo McConahay,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The congregation doesn’t have a permanent home, instead renting a modest brick church along a busy road near University of the Pacific.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Feb. 2025
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The grants could be a lifeline for Black churches struggling with dwindling congregations, a lack of resources and aging infrastructures, said Jason Williams, professor of Justice Studies at Montclair State University in New Jersey.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Backyard flocks have also been killed after avian-flu exposure; the one person in the United States who has died from bird flu was exposed to it by both wild birds and a backyard flock.—
Tove Danovich,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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Pope Francis addressed his flock via an audio recording Thursday for the first time since he was admitted last month to the hospital.—
Anne Thompson,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Thunders and Nolan died less than a year apart in 1991 and 1992, and Kane was long retired from music and working at the Mormon church’s Family History Center in Los Angeles.—
Daniel Kreps, Andy Greene
March 1,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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His father and their churches could not immediately be reached for comment.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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