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[par-ish] / ˈpær ɪʃ /


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The new bill shifts from a fixed number to subsidizing one ADA per 7,500 people in the parish.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Then she moved to New York and started attending a nondenominational parish near Times Square—Fount Church—with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

They formed a line around the building to be doused with holy water by the parish priest.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Along with a thousand or so other Catholics, Dowling had walked more than a mile from a nearby parish church to the Broadview facility.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Her mother would welcome her help around the manse and with the tutoring of the farm children in the parish Sunday School.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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