parish
n.
congregation, community; flock; region, area
Parish
parish
Noun
1. a local church community
(hypernym) community
(member-meronym) parishioner
2. the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
(hypernym) jurisdiction
(part-holonym) diocese, bishopric
Parish
(n.)
The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
(n.)
That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
(n.)
In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
(n.)
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.)
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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parish
n.
محلہ, پادري کا علاقہ, ٹولا, ٹپا, پاڑا, پرہ, بستي
parish priest
پروہت, پير, ملا