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- noun Plural form of
parishioner .
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Examples
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His life is transformed when he collects the family of one of his rich parishioners from the station, and sees young Meghann Cleary, neglected and isolated in her family and desperately in need of love.
Father Ralph and Humbert Humbert « Tales from the Reading Room 2010
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Dealing with 1,000 parishioners is not as easy as it looks.
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These were the words with which I first accosted my fellow parishioners from the lector's pulpit.
Leap Year -- Day John 2008
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And how stupid are these two men to say the things they do when one of their parishioners is trying to be elected president?
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With a huge influx of new parishioners from the South and the North, it is good news that Bishop Kevin Farrell looks like the man to tackle the problems the Church faces after some 20 years of ineptitude, scandal, and gross mismanagement.
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Now last night I read Brian McClaren's 'A new kind of Christian' - which is EXCELLENT, and if the character Neo wrote a book of theology I think it would bear a remarkable resemblance to the book I'm writing... - but it had this in it: ... a couple of long-term parishioners have been driving me crazy.
More on parsonage - RIDE OUT!! Sam Norton 2005
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Now last night I read Brian McClaren's 'A new kind of Christian' - which is EXCELLENT, and if the character Neo wrote a book of theology I think it would bear a remarkable resemblance to the book I'm writing... - but it had this in it: ... a couple of long-term parishioners have been driving me crazy.
Archive 2005-09-01 Sam Norton 2005
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Services could now be performed in parishioners 'native languages, for example, rather than in Latin, and rules surrounding the Eucharist became somewhat relaxed.
The Loyal Catholic 2002
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Services could now be performed in parishioners 'native languages, for example, rather than in Latin, and rules surrounding the Eucharist became somewhat relaxed.
The Loyal Catholic 2002
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He conceded that the sale of St Johns will be upsetting for the handful of long-term parishioners, but said many now wanted additional services that small churches can not provide.
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