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–noun

1.	an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.

2.	a local church with its field of activity.

3.	(in Louisiana) a county.

4.	the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.

5.	Curling. house (def. 20).

—Idiom

on the parish, British.

a.	receiving charity from local authorities.

b.	Informal. meagerly or inadequately supplied.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME, var. of parosshe < MF paroisse < LL parochia, alter. of paroecia < LGk paroikía, deriv. of Gk pároikos neighbor, (in Christian usage) sojourner (see paroicous); see -ia

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n.

1. An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church in the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and some other churches.
2. The members of such a parish; a religious community attending one church.
A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.
An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other U.S. states.

[Middle English, from Old French parroche, from Late Latin parochia, diocese, alteration of paroecia, from Late Greek paroikiā, from Greek, a sojourning, from paroikos, neighboring, neighbor, sojourner : para-, near; see para-¹ + oikos, house; see weik-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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parish

c.1290, from Anglo-Fr. paroche (1292), parosse (c.1075), from O.Fr. paroisse, from L.L. parochia "a diocese," alt. of Late Gk. paroikia "a diocese or parish," from paroikos "a sojourner" (in Christian writers), in classical Gk. "neighbor," from para- "near" + oikos "house" (see villa). Sense development unclear, perhaps from "sojourner" as epithet of early Christians as spiritual sojourners in the material world. In early Church writing the word was used in a more general sense than Gk. diokesis, though by 13c. they were synonymous. Replaced O.E. preostscyr, lit. "priest-shire." Parishioner is attested from 1471, outlasting its older doublet parochian (c.1225), which was obs. by 1700.

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parish
noun
1.	a local church community
2.	the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

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parish [ˈpӕriʃ] noun

a district or area with a particular church and priest or minister
Example: Our house is in the parish of St Mary('s); (also adjective) parish affairs

Arabic:	أبْرَشِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	教区
Chinese (Traditional):	教區
Czech:	farnost; farní
Danish:	sogn; sogne-
Dutch:	parochie
Estonian:	kihelkond
Finnish:	seurakunta
French:	paroisse; paroissial
German:	die Gemeinde; Gemeinde-…
Greek:	ενορία
Hungarian:	egyházközség
Icelandic:	sókn
Indonesian:	paroki
Italian:	parrocchia

Japanese:	教区
Korean:	소교구(小敎區), 성당구
Latvian:	draudze
Lithuanian:	parapija
Norwegian:	prestegjeld, menighet
Polish:	parafia
Portuguese (Brazil):	paróquia
Portuguese (Portugal):	paróquia
Romanian:	parohie; parohial
Russian:	церковный приход
Slovak:	farnosť; týkajúci sa farnosti
Slovenian:	župnija; župnijski
Spanish:	parroquia
Swedish:	socken, församling
Turkish:	dinî bölge

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Parish, NY (village, FIPS 56341) Location: 43.40431 N, 76.12894 W
Population (1990): 473 (181 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13131

Webster Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 119) Location: 32.70389 N, 93.33053 W
Population (1990): 41989 (18365 housing units)
Area: 1543.5 sq km (land), 49.7 sq km (water)

Ouachita Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 73) Location: 32.47785 N, 92.15565 W
Population (1990): 142191 (56300 housing units)
Area: 1582.5 sq km (land), 56.4 sq km (water)

Orleans Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 71) Location: 30.06585 N, 89.93135 W
Population (1990): 496938 (225573 housing units)
Area: 467.9 sq km (land), 439.2 sq km (water)

Natchitoches Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 69) Location: 31.72631 N, 93.09500 W
Population (1990): 36689 (15210 housing units)
Area: 3254.1 sq km (land), 111.3 sq km (water)

Morehouse Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 67) Location: 32.81802 N, 91.79973 W
Population (1990): 31938 (12314 housing units)
Area: 2057.3 sq km (land), 28.4 sq km (water)

Madison Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 65) Location: 32.37065 N, 91.24279 W
Population (1990): 12463 (4823 housing units)
Area: 1616.5 sq km (land), 68.5 sq km (water)

Livingston Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 63) Location: 30.44363 N, 90.73103 W
Population (1990): 70526 (26848 housing units)
Area: 1678.5 sq km (land), 142.0 sq km (water)

Lincoln Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 61) Location: 32.60390 N, 92.66315 W
Population (1990): 41745 (15286 housing units)
Area: 1220.9 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)

Lafourche Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 57) Location: 29.49421 N, 90.39901 W
Population (1990): 85860 (31332 housing units)
Area: 2809.7 sq km (land), 1003.6 sq km (water)

Lafayette Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 55) Location: 30.20620 N, 92.06391 W
Population (1990): 164762 (67431 housing units)
Area: 699.0 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)

Plaquemines Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 75) Location: 29.39116 N, 89.48146 W
Population (1990): 25575 (9432 housing units)
Area: 2187.6 sq km (land), 4102.8 sq km (water)

Rapides Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 79) Location: 31.19650 N, 92.53596 W
Population (1990): 131556 (51239 housing units)
Area: 3425.7 sq km (land), 102.0 sq km (water)

Washington Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 117) Location: 30.85203 N, 90.04154 W
Population (1990): 43185 (17617 housing units)
Area: 1734.3 sq km (land), 16.6 sq km (water)

Vernon Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 115) Location: 31.10798 N, 93.18645 W
Population (1990): 61961 (21622 housing units)
Area: 3440.8 sq km (land), 33.9 sq km (water)

Vermilion Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 113) Location: 29.81381 N, 92.30916 W
Population (1990): 50055 (20361 housing units)
Area: 3040.3 sq km (land), 944.2 sq km (water)

Union Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 111) Location: 32.82715 N, 92.37757 W
Population (1990): 20690 (9304 housing units)
Area: 2273.2 sq km (land), 71.7 sq km (water)

Terrebonne Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 109) Location: 29.33535 N, 90.83771 W
Population (1990): 96982 (35416 housing units)
Area: 3250.6 sq km (land), 2136.8 sq km (water)

Tensas Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 107) Location: 32.00259 N, 91.33043 W
Population (1990): 7103 (3334 housing units)
Area: 1560.6 sq km (land), 100.3 sq km (water)

Tangipahoa Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 105) Location: 30.63363 N, 90.40206 W
Population (1990): 85709 (33640 housing units)
Area: 2046.9 sq km (land), 85.2 sq km (water)

Winn Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 127) Location: 31.94510 N, 92.63672 W
Population (1990): 16269 (7006 housing units)
Area: 2461.9 sq km (land), 16.7 sq km (water)

Sabine Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 85) Location: 31.55972 N, 93.55815 W
Population (1990): 22646 (12789 housing units)
Area: 2241.2 sq km (land), 378.8 sq km (water)

Richland Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 83) Location: 32.41747 N, 91.76423 W
Population (1990): 20629 (8031 housing units)
Area: 1446.5 sq km (land), 15.7 sq km (water)

Jefferson Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 51) Location: 29.71792 N, 90.10241 W
Population (1990): 448306 (185072 housing units)
Area: 792.4 sq km (land), 871.5 sq km (water)

Jackson Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 49) Location: 32.29627 N, 92.55379 W
Population (1990): 15705 (7041 housing units)
Area: 1476.2 sq km (land), 27.0 sq km (water)

Beauregard Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 11) Location: 30.65335 N, 93.34056 W
Population (1990): 30083 (12666 housing units)
Area: 3004.8 sq km (land), 15.3 sq km (water)

Cameron Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 23) Location: 29.84698 N, 93.20005 W
Population (1990): 9260 (5031 housing units)
Area: 3400.8 sq km (land), 1602.5 sq km (water)

Caldwell Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 21) Location: 32.08706 N, 92.11965 W
Population (1990): 9810 (4533 housing units)
Area: 1371.3 sq km (land), 29.3 sq km (water)

Calcasieu Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 19) Location: 30.22782 N, 93.35775 W
Population (1990): 168134 (66426 housing units)
Area: 2774.4 sq km (land), 60.1 sq km (water)

Acadia Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 1) Location: 30.29131 N, 92.41083 W
Population (1990): 55882 (21441 housing units)
Area: 1697.3 sq km (land), 6.0 sq km (water)

Caddo Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 17) Location: 32.57918 N, 93.87992 W
Population (1990): 248253 (107615 housing units)
Area: 2284.7 sq km (land), 142.2 sq km (water)

Allen Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 3) Location: 30.65581 N, 92.82795 W
Population (1990): 21226 (8275 housing units)
Area: 1980.3 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)

Ascension Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 5) Location: 30.20286 N, 90.90911 W
Population (1990): 58214 (21165 housing units)
Area: 755.1 sq km (land), 29.4 sq km (water)

Assumption Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 7) Location: 29.89908 N, 91.06396 W
Population (1990): 22753 (8644 housing units)
Area: 877.3 sq km (land), 67.0 sq km (water)

Avoyelles Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 9) Location: 31.07095 N, 92.00276 W
Population (1990): 39159 (15428 housing units)
Area: 2156.2 sq km (land), 86.1 sq km (water)

Bossier Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 15) Location: 32.68081 N, 93.60296 W
Population (1990): 86088 (34994 housing units)
Area: 2171.6 sq km (land), 73.9 sq km (water)

Bienville Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 13) Location: 32.34866 N, 93.05552 W
Population (1990): 15979 (7085 housing units)
Area: 2099.7 sq km (land), 28.8 sq km (water)

Catahoula Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 25) Location: 31.66636 N, 91.84561 W
Population (1990): 11065 (5138 housing units)
Area: 1822.6 sq km (land), 92.7 sq km (water)

Claiborne Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 27) Location: 32.81569 N, 92.99442 W
Population (1990): 17405 (7513 housing units)
Area: 1954.4 sq km (land), 33.4 sq km (water)

Iberville Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 47) Location: 30.26293 N, 91.34932 W
Population (1990): 31049 (11352 housing units)
Area: 1602.4 sq km (land), 88.6 sq km (water)

Concordia Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 29) Location: 31.44056 N, 91.63958 W
Population (1990): 20828 (9043 housing units)
Area: 1803.6 sq km (land), 135.6 sq km (water)

Iberia Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 45) Location: 29.79360 N, 91.78493 W
Population (1990): 68297 (25472 housing units)
Area: 1489.7 sq km (land), 1180.4 sq km (water)

Grant Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 43) Location: 31.59272 N, 92.55957 W
Population (1990): 17526 (7494 housing units)
Area: 1670.9 sq km (land), 50.5 sq km (water)

Franklin Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 41) Location: 32.13824 N, 91.67272 W
Population (1990): 22387 (8719 housing units)
Area: 1614.7 sq km (land), 31.2 sq km (water)

Evangeline Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 39) Location: 30.73308 N, 92.41213 W
Population (1990): 33274 (13311 housing units)
Area: 1720.6 sq km (land), 39.7 sq km (water)

La Salle Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 59) Location: 31.67628 N, 92.15827 W
Population (1990): 13662 (5969 housing units)
Area: 1615.9 sq km (land), 99.8 sq km (water)

East Feliciana Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 37) Location: 30.85027 N, 91.04869 W
Population (1990): 19211 (6476 housing units)
Area: 1174.4 sq km (land), 5.9 sq km (water)

East Carroll Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 35) Location: 32.73412 N, 91.23535 W
Population (1990): 9709 (3563 housing units)
Area: 1091.6 sq km (land), 54.4 sq km (water)

West Carroll Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 123) Location: 32.78582 N, 91.45312 W
Population (1990): 12093 (4831 housing units)
Area: 930.9 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)

West Feliciana Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 125) Location: 30.87277 N, 91.42343 W
Population (1990): 12915 (3392 housing units)
Area: 1051.6 sq km (land), 51.8 sq km (water)

De Soto Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 31) Location: 32.06172 N, 93.73595 W
Population (1990): 25346 (10919 housing units)
Area: 2272.1 sq km (land), 44.8 sq km (water)

Red River Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 81) Location: 32.09363 N, 93.33089 W
Population (1990): 9387 (3839 housing units)
Area: 1006.5 sq km (land), 35.0 sq km (water)

Pointe Coupee Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 77) Location: 30.70821 N, 91.60042 W
Population (1990): 22540 (9695 housing units)
Area: 1443.7 sq km (land), 86.4 sq km (water)

Jefferson Davis Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 53) Location: 30.26856 N, 92.81554 W
Population (1990): 30722 (11963 housing units)
Area: 1689.6 sq km (land), 16.2 sq km (water)

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 121) Location: 30.46265 N, 91.31299 W
Population (1990): 19419 (7298 housing units)
Area: 495.3 sq km (land), 32.2 sq km (water)

East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 33) Location: 30.54375 N, 91.09359 W
Population (1990): 380105 (156767 housing units)
Area: 1180.2 sq km (land), 38.6 sq km (water)

St. Tammany Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 103) Location: 30.39905 N, 89.96363 W
Population (1990): 144508 (57993 housing units)
Area: 2213.0 sq km (land), 698.5 sq km (water)

St. Mary Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 101) Location: 29.63534 N, 91.46789 W
Population (1990): 58086 (21884 housing units)
Area: 1587.5 sq km (land), 1310.5 sq km (water)

St. Martin Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 99) Location: 30.12977 N, 91.61197 W
Population (1990): 43978 (17592 housing units)
Area: 1916.4 sq km (land), 198.4 sq km (water)

St. Landry Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 97) Location: 30.59843 N, 92.00350 W
Population (1990): 80331 (31137 housing units)
Area: 2405.3 sq km (land), 26.4 sq km (water)

St. James Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 93) Location: 30.02582 N, 90.79596 W
Population (1990): 20879 (6934 housing units)
Area: 637.5 sq km (land), 30.2 sq km (water)

St. Helena Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 91) Location: 30.82040 N, 90.70986 W
Population (1990): 9874 (3840 housing units)
Area: 1057.7 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water)

St. Charles Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 89) Location: 29.91180 N, 90.35676 W
Population (1990): 42437 (16016 housing units)
Area: 734.7 sq km (land), 327.7 sq km (water)

St. Bernard Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 87) Location: 29.89499 N, 89.34609 W
Population (1990): 66631 (25147 housing units)
Area: 1204.8 sq km (land), 3441.3 sq km (water)

St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 95) Location: 30.11824 N, 90.50189 W
Population (1990): 39996 (14255 housing units)
Area: 567.0 sq km (land), 334.0 sq km (water)

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Parish

Par"ish\, n. [OE. parishe, paresche, parosche, OF. paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, Gr. ?, fr. ? dwelling beside or near; ? beside + ? a house, dwelling; akin to L. 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.

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Parish

Par"ish\, a. 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.

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