Parish

//ˈpæɹɪʃ//

Synonyms for "parish" (70 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

archbishopric archdiocese arrondissement assembly bailiwick bishopric borough brethren canton churchgoer churchgoers city class commune

Strong matches (21)

Related words (35)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

community jurisdiction

More specific

1 entries

gimong

Related terms

1 entries

parochial

derived

26 entries

Longparish Parish Grove Saint Ann Parish a dumb priest never got a parish civil parish come upon the parish emparish interparish nonparish outparish parish assembly parish church parish clerk parish house parish lantern parish priest

Showing 16 of 26 words.

has context

1 entries

is a

8 entries

community jurisdiction local organization organization of people religious group single site organization state tangible thing

part of

1 entries

diocese

related to

29 entries

administrative anglican church area british church church region church unit civil community congregation corresponding county diocese eastern orthodox church ecclesiastical little

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

132 translations across 57 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

أبرشية noun (part of a diocese)
رَعِيَّة noun (members of the parish)

Armenian

2 entries

եկեղեցական ծուխ noun (part of a diocese)
համայնք noun (part of a diocese)

Basque

1 entries

parrokia noun (part of a diocese)

Belarusian

4 entries

парафія noun (part of a diocese)
парафіяне noun (members of the parish)
паства noun (members of the parish)
прыход noun (part of a diocese)

Breton

1 entries

parrez noun (part of a diocese)

Bulgarian

3 entries

енориаш noun (members of the parish)
енория noun (part of a diocese)
община noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Catalan

1 entries

parròquia noun (part of a diocese)

Central Franconian

3 entries

Jemeinde noun (part of a diocese)
Jemeinde noun (members of the parish)
Jemeinde noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

堂區 /堂区 noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

堂區 /堂区 noun (civil subdivision of a county)
教區 /教区 noun (part of a diocese)

Czech

1 entries

farnost noun (part of a diocese)

Danish

2 entries

sogn noun (part of a diocese)
sogn noun (members of the parish)

Dutch

2 entries

parochianen noun (members of the parish)
parochie noun (part of a diocese)

Esperanto

2 entries

paroĥano noun (members of the parish)
paroĥo noun (part of a diocese)

Estonian

1 entries

kihelkond noun (part of a diocese)

Finnish

4 entries

kunta noun (civil subdivision of a county)
seurakunta noun (part of a diocese)
seurakunta noun (members of the parish)
seurakunta noun (ecclesiastical society)

French

3 entries

commune noun (civil subdivision of a county)
paroisse noun (part of a diocese)
paroisse noun (members of the parish)

Galician

4 entries

freguesía noun (part of a diocese)
parroquia noun (part of a diocese)
parroquia noun (members of the parish)
parroquia noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Georgian

2 entries

მრევლი noun (part of a diocese)
მრევლი noun (members of the parish)

German

4 entries

Gemeinde noun (part of a diocese)
Gemeinde noun (civil subdivision of a county)
Gemeindemitglied noun (members of the parish)
Pfarrei noun (part of a diocese)

Greek

2 entries

ενορία noun (part of a diocese)
ενορία noun (members of the parish)

Hindi

1 entries

पैरिश noun (part of a diocese)

Hungarian

4 entries

egyházközség noun (members of the parish)
gyülekezet noun (members of the parish)
hitközség noun (members of the parish)
hívek noun (members of the parish)

Icelandic

1 entries

sókn noun (part of a diocese)

Indonesian

1 entries

paroki noun (part of a diocese)

Ingrian

1 entries

kirkkokunta noun (part of a diocese)

Irish

1 entries

paróiste noun (part of a diocese)

Italian

3 entries

comune noun (civil subdivision of a county)
parrocchia noun (part of a diocese)
parrocchiani noun (members of the parish)

Japanese

1 entries

小教区 noun (part of a diocese)

Korean

3 entries

구역 noun (part of a diocese)
사목구 noun (part of a diocese)
전도구 noun (part of a diocese)

Latvian

1 entries

draudze noun (part of a diocese)

Lithuanian

1 entries

parapija noun (part of a diocese)

Macedonian

4 entries

ено́рија noun (part of a diocese)
жу́па noun (part of a diocese)
жу́пници noun (members of the parish)
о́круг noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Malagasy

1 entries

fitandremana noun (part of a diocese)

Malay

1 entries

paroki noun (part of a diocese)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഇടവക noun (part of a diocese)

Middle English

3 entries

parisshe noun (part of a diocese)
parisshe noun (members of the parish)
parisshe noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Māori

1 entries

pāriha noun (part of a diocese)

Norman

1 entries

pâraîsse noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

sogn noun (part of a diocese)
sokn noun (part of a diocese)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

sokn noun (part of a diocese)

Polish

3 entries

parafia noun (part of a diocese)
parafianin noun (members of the parish)
parafianka noun (members of the parish)

Portuguese

4 entries

freguesia noun (civil subdivision of a county)
paroquianos noun (members of the parish)
paróquia noun (part of a diocese)
paróquia noun (members of the parish)

Romanian

4 entries

comună noun (civil subdivision of a county)
enorie noun (part of a diocese)
enorie noun (members of the parish)
parohie noun (part of a diocese)

Russian

4 entries

о́круг noun (civil subdivision of a county)
общи́на noun (ecclesiastical society)
па́ства noun (members of the parish)
прихо́д noun (part of a diocese)

Scots

2 entries

pairish noun (members of the parish)
pairish noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

paraiste noun (part of a diocese)
paraiste noun (members of the parish)
paraiste noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

parohija noun (part of a diocese)
župa noun (part of a diocese)
жупа noun (part of a diocese)
парохија noun (part of a diocese)

Slovak

1 entries

farnosť noun (part of a diocese)

Slovene

1 entries

župnija noun (part of a diocese)

Spanish

4 entries

congregación noun (part of a diocese)
feligreses noun (members of the parish)
parroquia noun (part of a diocese)
parroquia noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Swahili

2 entries

parishi noun (part of a diocese)
parokia noun (part of a diocese)

Swedish

3 entries

församling noun (part of a diocese)
församling noun (members of the parish)
parish noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Tagalog

2 entries

parokya noun (part of a diocese)
parokya noun (members of the parish)

Ukrainian

2 entries

пара́фія noun (part of a diocese)
паро́хія noun (part of a diocese)

Vietnamese

4 entries

giáo xứ noun (part of a diocese)
giáo xứ noun (members of the parish)
họ đạo noun (members of the parish)
xã noun (civil subdivision of a county)

Welsh

1 entries

plwyf noun (part of a diocese)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They are the boys of the parish.

Source: tatoeba (861789)

The United States of America has several divisions. It is first separated into the fifty states. Each state is then broken up into counties or parishes. Each county or parish is divided into towns or townships. These towns or townships contain the villages and cities.

Source: tatoeba (1552294)

He is a member of the parish committee.

Source: tatoeba (1725393)

This tree is not even close to being the tallest in the parish.

Source: tatoeba (2240124)

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