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| par·ish [ párrish ] (plural par·ish·es) |
noun |
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| Definition: |
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1. district with own church: in the Episcopal, Roman Catholic, and some other churches, a division of a diocese that has its own church and member of the clergy
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often used before a noun
)
  the parish priest
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2. politics administrative area in Louisiana: an administrative area in the state of Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other states
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3. people of parish: the people who live in a parish
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takes a singular or plural verb
)
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| [13th century. Via Old French parroche< ecclesiastical Latin parochia, paroechia< Greek paroikos "neighbor," literally "dwelling nearby" < oikos "dwelling"] |
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