parish

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1. parish - Noun

2. parish - Adjective

3. parish - Verb

4. Parish - Proper noun

Meaning

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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I feel no doubt whatever that the parish laws of England have contributed to raise the price of provisions and to lower the real price of labour. Thomas Malthus

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop. Glenn Beck

I look upon the whole world as my parish. John Wesley

It is a poor parish where the priest has to ring his own bells. Polish Proverb

One bell serves a parish. Italian Proverb

Doctor Luther's shoes do not fit every parish priest. German Proverb

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