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religious community





NOUN
nunnery
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Growing up in a rural, religious community in western Canada, Kyle McCarthy loved hockey, but once he came out at 19, he quit, convinced being openly gay and an active player was untenable.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Hoffman explained that there’s an ongoing debate about how to make sense of self-identified Christians who don’t engage in regular practice and are not part of a religious community, like a church.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

In Christianity, the individual believer was untethered from a wider religious community and became the locus of meaning and authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

It has spread rapidly among Mennonites, a religious community living near Seminole.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

He was being shunned and bullied, even turned away by his family, which was something that could happen in a small, highly religious community.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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