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Definition of Parish
Parish

That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.

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.

In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.

Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.

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Parish Quotations

My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.
Catherine Helen Spence

I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.
Andrew Greeley

Yes, I was a parish priest for five years. I was a curate in a large working class parish in Bristol and the Vicar of a village in Kent.
John Polkinghorne

The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire the first music director who walks through the door.
Richard Morris

The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds.
Gilbert White

Parish Translations

parish in Dutch is parochie
parish in Finnish is seurakunta
parish in French is paroisse
parish in German is Gemeinde, Kirchgemeinde
parish in Spanish is parroquia

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