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[par-ish] / ˈpær ɪʃ /


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Separately, a former minister from another Church of Ireland parish in east Belfast detailed what he believed to be a further safeguarding concern involving the bishop of the diocese David McClay.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

If this sounds more Hollywood than parish church to you, well, it appears that Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, agrees.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The model is spread across Otford, near Sevenoaks, with representations of the Sun and planets placed around the parish and stretching into nearby woodland.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

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

From Slate • May 5, 2026

I could read and write, but I knew none of the skills needed to survive in the unfamiliar, perhaps hostile lands that lay beyond the fields and folds of our little parish.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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