parishioner
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Origin of parishioner
1425–75; late Middle English; earlier parishion, Middle English paroschian, -ien, -en < Old French paroissien. See parish, -ian, -er 1
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One of them was immigration attorney and fellow St. Cecilia parishioner Lisa Ramirez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The church bell, recently restored with a gift from a new parishioner, rings out across the neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"Maybe there will be a pause," one parishioner called Larisa suggested.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
“The diocese needs to protect themselves against this litigation,” said Bettini, a longtime parishioner of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Fresno.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
I am not my own, he thought, but belong body and soul to every parishioner in Phippsburg who might have a word to say about me to my father.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
Clearwater residents and officials blame the church and its parishioners for buying properties and keeping them vacant; Scientologists say they have redevelopment in mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The church often coordinates with parishioners on redevelopment but doesn’t control or direct those who own property downtown, Heller, the spokeswoman, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presided as papal envoy over a special mass in a church in Ca Mau for Father Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep, a priest killed while protecting parishioners in 1946.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Father Quyen Truong followed by telling parishioners what a devout Catholic Sayre was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Though not always full, it could seat about a thousand parishioners.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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