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parish
[ par-ish ]
noun
- an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- a local church with its field of activity.
- (in Louisiana) a county.
- the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.
- Curling. house ( def 21 ).
parish
/ ˈpærɪʃ /
noun
- a subdivision of a diocese, having its own church and a clergyman parochial
- the churchgoers of such a subdivision
- (in England and, formerly, Wales) the smallest unit of local government in rural areas
- (in Louisiana) a unit of local government corresponding to a county in other states of the US
- the people living in a parish
- on the parishhistory receiving parochial relief
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Other Words From
- inter·parish adjective
- trans·parish adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parish1
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Idioms and Phrases
- on the parish, British.
- receiving charity from local authorities.
- Informal. meagerly or inadequately supplied.
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Example Sentences
Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.
According to Wahlberg, his time in prison, as well as the guidance of a parish priest, helped him turn his life around.
Despite the multiple warnings, Bishop Finn chose to leave Ratigan in place in the parish.
He claimed to be related to a quarter of the voters in Iberia Parish—sometimes to a full half of them.
The parish priest Father Michele Iacono, dressed in purple vestments, blessed the bodies and performed last rights en masse.
In the parish churches, many of which are of great interest, the predominant styles are Decorated and Perpendicular.
The taxes whether public, county, or parish, were payable in tobacco.
These residents then killed the parish priest, and without arms fled for safety to the mountain ravines.
A pretty boy of seven or eight years of age is chosen by each parish.
Her visitors took their leave, to spread the report over the village and parish of King's Warren.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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