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parish noun

  /ˈpæɹɪʃ/ , /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/
  • In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
  • (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.
  • A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
parochie
  • The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
parochianen
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