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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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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
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What about further empowerment of the laity to take on larger roles within the church — particularly evangelical and managerial — reducing pressure on under-staffed parishes and leading one day to married priests as the Catholic Church allowed for its first 1,000 years?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 May 2024
Noun
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The congregation, which is keeping Wash Park in its name for now, works with nonprofits around town.—
Matthew Geiger,
The Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2025
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The church will also be hosting a program on the bus for middle and high school students in the congregation on Sunday.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The decimation of flocks in response to the disease is blamed for record egg prices and shortages.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Faces Investigation In Italy, Paper Reports When infections are confirmed, the USDA enforces strict quarantine measures and mandates culling of affected flocks to prevent further spread, offering financial compensation to farmers.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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That church was opened around 1871 so could give some sort of idea around when it was built.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Coptic are one of the original Christian Orthodox churches.—
Lauren Green,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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