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Meaning of parish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church
  2. The community attending that church; the members of the parish
  3. 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
  4. In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county
  5. A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish; a similar subdivision in Ireland

Translations

Español parroquia

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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