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 2498^th 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