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parish

[ par-ish ]

noun

  1. an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
  2. a local church with its field of activity.
  3. (in Louisiana) a county.
  4. the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.
  5. Curling. house ( def 21 ).


parish

/ ˈpærɪʃ /

noun

  1. a subdivision of a diocese, having its own church and a clergyman parochial
  2. the churchgoers of such a subdivision
  3. (in England and, formerly, Wales) the smallest unit of local government in rural areas
  4. (in Louisiana) a unit of local government corresponding to a county in other states of the US
  5. the people living in a parish
  6. on the parish
    history receiving parochial relief
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  • inter·parish adjective
  • trans·parish adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parish1

1250–1300; Middle English, variant of parosshe < Middle French paroisse < Late Latin parochia, alteration of paroecia < Late Greek paroikía, derivative of Greek pároikos neighbor, (in Christian usage) sojourner ( paroicous ); -ia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parish1

C13: from Old French paroisse, from Church Latin parochia, from Late Greek paroikia, from paroikos Christian, sojourner, from Greek: neighbour, from para- 1(beside) + oikos house
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on the parish, British.
    1. receiving charity from local authorities.
    2. Informal. meagerly or inadequately supplied.
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Example Sentences

Espino asked parishioners at Sacred Heart Church in Lincoln Heights, where Madrigal had faithfully attended Mass for decades, about her whereabouts and put the word out in other Catholic parishes across Los Angeles.

Herminia has spent all of her long life here in Refoxos, a small parish of about 100 people in southern Galicia, in Spain.

Mr Acutis gained his nickname partly by designing websites for his parish and school, but he mainly became known for launching a website seeking to document every reported Eucharistic miracle.

From BBC

A week before the general elections, worshipers at the St. Gertrude the Great Catholic Church in Bell Gardens were listening to the parish announcements when Father Nabor Rios introduced a political candidate.

Portuguese Catholic parishes and Portuguese halls — where weddings, festas and soulful fado concerts take place — dot the tiny towns that stretch from roughly Bakersfield to Redding.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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