parish

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A local church district with its own church and priest.

   The new priest was welcomed warmly by the parish.

2. 2
   noun

   The people who belong to a local church.

   The whole parish gathered for the Christmas service.

3. 3
   noun

   A small administrative area, often part of a county.

   The village forms the most northerly parish in Cornwall.

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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