parish house

noun

1. a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
2. (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) the residence of a cleric.

Word History and Origins

Origin of parish house¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

One night there was a little entertainment at the parish house and I had my way.

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When the Reverend Samuel Thaddeus died, they had built him, not a monument, but a parish house.

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He lived with him in the parish house and took a zealous part in his pastor's practices and mortifications.

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As they drove along, he looked with a speculative eye on one or two eligible sites for the Parish House.

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It is now used as the house of worship, while the Methodist Church has become a gymnasium and parish house.

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