Parish

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
 * 3) A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
 * 4) An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.

Derived terms

 * parishioner
 * parish church
 * parish register

Adjectives for Parish
humble; quiet; tiny; beautiful.

Thesaurus
Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, assembly, bailiwick, bishopric, borough, brethren, canton, churchgoers, city, class, commune, conference, congregation, congressional district, constablewick, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, flock, fold, government, hamlet, hundred, laity, laymen, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area, minyan, nonclerics, nonordained persons, oblast, okrug, parishioners, people, precinct, principality, province, region, riding, seculars, see, sheep, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, society, soke, stake, state, synod, territory, town, township, village, wapentake, ward

Etymology
paroisse:, from parochia:, from  παρоικία:, from πάρоικος:, from παρά: + οἶκος:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
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 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: церковный приход
 * Scottish Gaelic: paraiste
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch: parochianen
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,


 * Portuguese:, paroquianos
 * Russian: прихожане
 * Scottish Gaelic: paraiste
 * Swedish:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: гражданский округ
 * Scottish Gaelic: paraiste
 * Vietnamese: