## Meanings
1. A local church district with its own church and priest.
2. The people who belong to a local church.
3. A small administrative area, often part of a county.

## Examples
- The new priest was welcomed warmly by the parish.
- The whole parish gathered for the Christmas service.
- The village forms the most northerly parish in Cornwall.

## Derived Forms
- emparish
- interparish
- longparish
- nonparish
- outparish
- parish-pump
- parishioner
- unparished

## Related Forms
- parochial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyḱ-
- Root: parisshe
- Root: paroisse
- Root: parochia
- Root: παροικία

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Parish comes 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”). The historical chain includes *weyḱ- (Proto-Indo-European), parisshe (Middle English), paroisse (Old French), parochia (Late Latin), and παροικία (Ancient Greek). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as emparish, interparish, longparish, and nonparish and related forms such as parochial. In present use it covers a local church district with its own church and priest, the people who belong to a local church, and a small administrative area, often part of a county.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Religion & Belief
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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