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parish house

noun

  1. a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
  2. (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) the residence of a cleric.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of parish house1

First recorded in 1755–65

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Example Sentences

One night there was a little entertainment at the parish house and I had my way.

When the Reverend Samuel Thaddeus died, they had built him, not a monument, but a parish house.

He lived with him in the parish house and took a zealous part in his pastor's practices and mortifications.

As they drove along, he looked with a speculative eye on one or two eligible sites for the Parish House.

It is now used as the house of worship, while the Methodist Church has become a gymnasium and parish house.

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