parish
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Auction House said it was listed in the Inventory of the Royal Commission as an important domestic building in the parish.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
At times, I easily worked more than 80 hours in a week in a parish.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
The local parish council chair Tim McNally said that the village will now be known as the "principality of Piddington".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Shannon McManus, a resident of another rural Louisiana parish with a data center in the works, told NPR that he’s all for progress, but just asks for honesty from tech giants.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
We were walking to our parish church for the Mass of the Rooster, Mama, Papa, my sisters.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Conservationists have said they are planning to buy a field to extend a "green lung" in one of Jersey's most built-up parishes.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
A good example is CarePortal, which connects Catholic parishes and other churches with families in crisis, saving children from foster care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The most effective antipoverty work usually happens when people in local parishes tackle local problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, two Catholic parishes in Colorado and two parents, Dan and Lisa Sheley, filed suit, but lost in lower courts, prompting the appeal to the Supreme Court.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
Barack was the first person I’d met at Sidley who had spent time in the barbershops, barbecue joints, and Bible-thumping black parishes of the Far South Side.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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