parish
Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹɪʃ/
The English word “parish” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
- The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
- An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
- A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish; a similar subdivision in Ireland.
- An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant paroch, from Anglo-Norman paroche, parosse), from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).
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