Parish

['pærɪʃ]

Definition

(noun.) a local church community.

(noun.) the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor.

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Definition

(n.) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

(n.) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.

(n.) 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.

(n.) In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.

(a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.

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Definition

n. a district under one pastor: an ecclesiastical district having officers of its own and supporting its own poor: the people of a parish.—adj. belonging or relating to a parish: employed or supported by the parish.—n. Parish′ioner one who belongs to or is connected with a parish: a member of a parish church.—Parish clerk the clerk or recording officer of a parish: the one who leads the responses in the service of the Church of England; Parish priest a priest who has charge of a parish; Parish register a book in which the births marriages and deaths of a parish are registered.

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