Definition of parishes Parishes

/pæˈɹɪʃɪz/ - [patrishiz] -

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Noun Plural: parishes
parish - a local church community
		community (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
parish - the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
		jurisdiction in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
		bishopric, diocese, episcopate the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

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parish (Noun)
In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church or certain civil government entities such as the state of Louisiana, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
parish (Noun)
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
parish (Noun)
A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
parish (Noun)
An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U. S. states.

parish (n.)
That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
parish (n.)
The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
parish (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.
parish (n.)
In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
parish (a.)
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.

parish
par′ish, 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. [Fr. paroisse—L. parœcia—Gr. paroikia—paroikos, dwelling beside—para, beside, oikos, a dwelling.]