parish

Noun

1. An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
2. The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
3. (US) 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.
4. A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
5. In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
6. In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
2. (intransitive) To visit residents of a parish.

Verb

Pronunciation spelling of perish, representing Mary–marry–merry merger English.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæɹɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: parisshe

Cognate with Anglo-Norman: paroche

In summary

From Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant paroch, from Anglo-Norman paroche, parosse), from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).

Synonyms

parochial

church

⛪

congregation

county

demesne

denomination

department

flock

municipality

region

territory

township

village

ward

arrondissement

community

conton

archdiocese

ecclesiastical unit

area

chapel

Translations

paroisse

parrocchia

parroquia

paróquia

parafia

parochie

Gemeinde

Kirchspiel

parròquia

gemeente

ενορία

commune

Pfarrgemeinde

kerspel

παρόχια

Sentences

The parish includes the town of Fazeley and the surrounding area .