parish
(noun) a local church community
parish
(noun) the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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.
parish (third-person singular simple present parishes, present participle parishing, simple past and past participle parished)
Pronunciation spelling of perish.
• Phairs, raphis
Parish (plural Parishes)
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
