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parish

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Recent Examples of parish Police then tracked Jacques's vehicle to a parish in Louisiana, where he was pulled over and arrested two days later, the outlet reported. — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Nell O’Leary Alt, who grew up in the parish, said her family attends both Latin Masses, as well as English services. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Days into the emergency, in the Caracas parish of San Bernardino, a border collie with one blue eye and one brown marked a precise point in the wreckage of the Residencias Rita. — Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The Cupichs attended a parish where mass was celebrated in Latin (the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council were yet to come) but the sermons were spoken in Croatian. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for parish

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Among other things, the council revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with other religions and the laity, and allowed Mass to be celebrated in vernacular languages rather than Latin.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Her selection was controversial among the Black church’s leadership and laity.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

Definition of laity

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And at times members of the congregation thank her and others for casting aside those anxieties and keeping this place going.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
The Zion Church is among the largest churches that are unregistered with the Chinese authorities, defying restrictions from the officially atheist Communist Party requiring believers to worship only in registered congregations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

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That year, as Fredriksen explains, a flock of them took up residence in Palm Beach County’s Stormwater Treatment Area 2 (STA-2), some 80 miles north of their traditional grounds in the Keys and the southern edges of the Everglades.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026
In a 2024 paper, the researchers reported that doctors from the best medical schools flock to the highest-paying specialties.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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So, Galetto was delighted to learn that the first American pope would be speaking live and receiving an award less than two miles from his church, on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday.

— Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Parishioners at Saint Agnes said they were saddened by the schism and would continue to pray for a united church.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

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