Meaning of parish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church
2. An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
3. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
4. The community attending that church; the members of the parish
5. a district or area with a particular church and priest or minister. Our house is in the parish of St Mary('s); (also adjective) parish affairs. gemeente, parogie أبْرَشِيَّه енория paróquia farnost; farní die Gemeinde; Gemeinde-... sogn; sogne- ενορίαparroquia kihelkond ناحیه ای که از خود کلیسا و کشیش دارد seurakunta paroisse; paroissial אֵיזוֹר קְהִילָתִי चर्च crkvena općina, župa egyházközség paroki sókn parrocchia 教区 교구(敎區) parapija draudze kariah parochieprestegjeld, menighetparafia په يو...
   also adjective
6. The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
7. A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.
   countable, uncountable
8. 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
9. An administrative part of a diocese, especially an Anglican or Roman Catholic diocese, having its own church and a designated priest.
10. 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.
    US
11. In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county
12. A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.
13. A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
14. A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish; a similar subdivision in Ireland
15. An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other US states.
16. In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
17. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a subdivision of a diocese, having its own church and a clergyman.
18. An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
19. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the churchgoers of such a subdivision
20. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in England and, formerly, Wales) the smallest unit of local government in rural areas
21. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Louisiana) a unit of local government corresponding to a county in other states of the US
22. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the people living in a parish
23. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the people living in a parish

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Examples

“With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.”

“Near-synonym: vicarate”

“Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.”

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