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Parish

//ˈpæɹɪʃ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.

    "With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London."

  2. 2
    a local church community wordnet
  3. 3
    The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
  4. 4
    the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor wordnet
  5. 5
    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. US
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  1. 6
    A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.

    "Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers."

  2. 7
    In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
  3. 8
    In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.; An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
Verb
  1. 1
    To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes. transitive

    "[…] [m]akes possible, through the aid of the rural ministers, the development of the various phases of the District program, such as (a) Parishing of the District; (b) Interdenominational adjustment in the interest of rural religious advance […]"

  2. 2
    Pronunciation spelling of perish, representing Mary–marry–merry merger English. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
  3. 3
    To visit residents of a parish. intransitive

    "[…] a chair immediately opposite to Tressady's place remained vacant. It was being kept for the eldest son of the house, his mother explaining carelessly to Lord Fontenoy that she believed he was "Out parishing somewhere, as usual.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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