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PARISH
parish
(noun) a local church community
parish
(noun) the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
parish (plural parishes)
In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
(US) 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.
An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
Verb
parish (third-person singular simple present parishes, present participle parishing, simple past and past participle parished)
(transitive) To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
(intransitive) To visit residents of a parish.
Etymology 2
Verb
parish (third-person singular simple present parishes, present participle parishing, simple past and past participle parished)
Pronunciation spelling of perish.
Anagrams
• Phairs, raphis
Proper noun
Parish (plural Parishes)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Parish is the 2498th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14466 individuals. Parish is most common among White (81.36%) and Black/African American (12.15%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Phairs, raphis
Source: Wiktionary
Par"ish, n. Etym: [OE. parishe, paresche, parosche, OF. paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, Gr. vicus village. See Vicinity, and cf. Parochial.]
1. (Eccl. & Eng. Law) (a) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. Cowell. (b) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
Note: Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical districts for spiritual purposes. Mozley & W.
2. 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. [U. S.]
3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
Par"ish, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor. Dryden. Parish clerk. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service of the Church of England.
– Parish court, in Louisiana, a court in each parish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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