parish en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpaɾɪʃ/ (Scotland, Wales)
- /ˈpæɹɪʃ/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- (General-American) audio Mmmm
- /ˈpæɹɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
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”).
Meanings
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(qualifier:Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodoxy) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
Near-synonym: vicarate
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.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
- (US) 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.
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In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county. ▸ A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish; a similar subdivision in Ireland.
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.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288:
- In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county. ▸ An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paroch | Scotland, alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| parishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
district · prefecture · county · township · municipality · district · county · prefecture · township · municipality
Deriveds
parish clerk · unparished · parish register · parish-pump · interparish · parish room · parish prig · parishioner · parish assembly · parish house · civil parish · nonparish · purser rigged and parish damned · parish school · parish council · parish church · emparish · outparish · Saint Ann Parish · come upon the parish · parish pump politics · a dumb priest never got a parish · parish priest · Longparish · parish lantern
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
vicarate · parishioner · civil parish · civil parish
Translations (132)
ko 사목구 (part of a diocese) · tl parokya (part of a diocese) · eu parrokia (part of a diocese) · pt paroquianos (members of the parish) · pt paróquia (part of a diocese) · gl parroquia (part of a diocese) · gd paraiste (members of the parish) · de Gemeinde (civil subdivision of a county) · sh župa (part of a diocese) · cs farnost (part of a diocese) · ru о́круг (civil subdivision of a county) · mk парохи́јани (members of the parish) · ru прихожа́не (members of the parish) · vi họ đạo (members of the parish) · vi xã (civil subdivision of a county) · mk око́лија (civil subdivision of a county) · cmn 教區 /教区 (part of a diocese) · nb sogn (part of a diocese) · mk паро́хија (part of a diocese) · el ενορία (part of a diocese) · sv församling (members of the parish) · sl župnija (part of a diocese) · gmw-cfr Jemeinde (members of the parish) · ru па́ства (members of the parish) · nn sokn (part of a diocese) · is sókn (part of a diocese) · fi seurakunta (part of a diocese) · sh парохија (part of a diocese) · vi giáo xứ (members of the parish) · ml ഇടവക (part of a diocese) · ca parròquia (part of a diocese) · be прыход (part of a diocese) · ro parohie (members of the parish) · be парафіяне (members of the parish) · pt paróquia (members of the parish) · be парафія (part of a diocese) · eo paroĥano (members of the parish) · fi seurakunta (members of the parish) · fi seurakunta (ecclesiastical society) · enm parisshe (civil subdivision of a county) · nl parochie (part of a diocese) · fi kunta (civil subdivision of a county) · hu plébánia (part of a diocese) · eo paroĥo (part of a diocese) · ga paróiste (part of a diocese) · mk жу́па (part of a diocese) · ro parohie (part of a diocese) · be паства (members of the parish) · de Gemeindemitglied (members of the parish) · cy plwyf (part of a diocese) · fr paroisse (part of a diocese) · ar أبرشية (part of a diocese) · ro comună (civil subdivision of a county) · ru общи́на (ecclesiastical society) · izh kirkkokunta (part of a diocese) · bg община (civil subdivision of a county) · enm parisshe (members of the parish) · sw parokia (part of a diocese) · lt parapija (part of a diocese) · br parrez (part of a diocese) · ko 구역 (part of a diocese) · gd paraiste (part of a diocese) · fr commune (civil subdivision of a county) · bg енория (part of a diocese) · mg fitandremana (part of a diocese) · da sogn (members of the parish) · es feligreses (members of the parish) · es parroquia (civil subdivision of a county) · it parrocchiani (members of the parish) · gd paraiste (civil subdivision of a county) · gmw-cfr Jemeinde (civil subdivision of a county) · hy համայնք (part of a diocese) · it parrocchia (part of a diocese) · ko 전도구 (part of a diocese) · pl parafia (part of a diocese) · de Pfarrei (part of a diocese) · pl parafianka (members of the parish) · sco pairish (civil subdivision of a county) · it comune (civil subdivision of a county) · sk farnosť (part of a diocese) · mi pāriha (part of a diocese) · bg енориаш (members of the parish) · mk жу́пници (members of the parish) · ro enorie (part of a diocese) · mk ено́рија (part of a diocese) · hu parókia (part of a diocese) · gl parroquia (civil subdivision of a county) · hu község (civil subdivision of a county) · pl parafianin (members of the parish) · el ενορία (members of the parish) · enm parisshe (part of a diocese) · et kihelkond (part of a diocese) · hi पैरिश (part of a diocese) · es parroquia (part of a diocese) · cmn 堂區 /堂区 (civil subdivision of a county) · sw parishi (part of a diocese) · nl parochianen (members of the parish) · lv draudze (part of a diocese) · gmw-cfr Jemeinde (part of a diocese) · mk о́круг (civil subdivision of a county) · ro enorie (members of the parish) · hy եկեղեցական ծուխ (part of a diocese) · sv församling (part of a diocese) · ar رَعِيَّة (members of the parish) · sh parohija (part of a diocese) · fr paroisse (members of the parish) · ms paroki (part of a diocese) · ka მრევლი (members of the parish) · gl freguesía (part of a diocese) · sco pairish (members of the parish) · nrf pâraîsse (civil subdivision of a county) · hu egyházközség (members of the parish) · sh жупа (part of a diocese) · vi giáo xứ (part of a diocese) · ka მრევლი (part of a diocese) · id paroki (part of a diocese) · es congregación (part of a diocese) · hu hitközség (members of the parish) · pt freguesia (civil subdivision of a county) · ru прихо́д (part of a diocese) · ja 小教区 (part of a diocese) · de Gemeinde (part of a diocese) · uk пара́фія (part of a diocese) · da sogn (part of a diocese) · tl parokya (members of the parish) · sv parish (civil subdivision of a county) · nb sokn (part of a diocese) · gl parroquia (members of the parish) · hu hívek (members of the parish) · hu gyülekezet (members of the parish) · uk паро́хія (part of a diocese) · yue 堂區 /堂区 (civil subdivision of a county)
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