parishioners
Local church attendees
Parishioners are the members of a parish—a local church community and the area it serves.
The word typically appears in religious contexts, referring to people who regularly attend or belong to a particular church: The priest greeted his parishioners after Sunday mass.
The newsletter keeps parishioners informed about upcoming events.
Regular worship attendees
- flockAnimals gathered together
- laityNon-ordained church members
- laypeopleThose outside a profession
- communicantsThose receiving holy communion
pew · brethren · believers · adherents · assembly · congregation · attendees · faithful
Quantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- prayerAddress to deity
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- sermonsReligious talks to congregations
sacraments · communion · confession · baptism · vespers · benediction · tithe · offering
churchgoers
Regular worship attendees
communicants · pew · brethren · believers · adherents · assembly · congregation · attendees · faithful · devout
mass
Quantity of matter
sermons · sacraments · communion · confession · baptism · vespers · benediction · tithe · offering · devotion
priest
One who performs sacraments
minister · deacon · bishop · curate · chaplain · reverend · father · monsignor · canon · vestry
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- ChristiansCatholics, Catholic, Protestants, Protestant, Baptist
- followersfollowers, conformist, disciples, devotees, adherents
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools, cardinals
- Catholicscommunicant, archbishops, lapsed Catholic, bishops, convert
parishionersvisitors
People who come temporarily
guests · outsiders · non-members · nonmembers · strangers