A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church.

The meaning of PARISH is the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor. How to use parish in a sentence.

Definition of parish noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

PARISH definition: an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy. See examples of parish used in a sentence.

Each parish (or township) formed a unit within which a characteristic, almost predictable pattern of land use was enacted.

1. an ecclesiastical district having its own church and cleric. 2. a local church with its field of activity. 3. (in Louisiana) a county. 4. the people of a parish. 5. house (def. 13).

PARISH meaning: 1 : an area that has its own local church and priest or minister; 2 : the group of people who go to the church in a particular area

She lived her whole life in this parish. A parish is also a political division within the state of Louisiana.

parish, in some Christian church polities, a geographic unit served by a pastor or priest. It is a subdivision of a diocese. In the New Testament, the Greek word paroikia means sojourning, or …

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