 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
parish
noun
1: a local church community
2: the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parish \Par"ish\, adjective
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church;
parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish;
as, parish poor. --Dryden.
{Parish clerk}.
(a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish.
(b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists
in the service of the Church of England.
{Parish court}, in Louisiana, a court in each parish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
parish \par"ish\ (p[a^]r"[i^]sh), noun [OE. parishe, paresche,
parosche, OF. paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L.
parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, Gr. paroiki'a, fr.
pa'roikos dwelling beside or near; para' beside + o'i^kos a
house, dwelling; akin to L. vicus village. See {Vicinity},
and cf. {Parochial}.]
1. (Eccl. & Eng. Law)
(a) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one
parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of
souls therein. --Cowell.
(b) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction,
with its own officers and regulations, as respects the
poor, taxes, etc.
Note: Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under
various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical
districts for spiritual purposes. --Mozley & W.
2. 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. [U. S.]
3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county
in other States.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "parish":
Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, assembly,
bailiwick, bishopric, borough, brethren, canton, churchgoers, city,
class, commune, conference, congregation, congressional district,
constablewick, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy,
electoral district, electorate, flock, fold, government, hamlet,
hundred, laity, laymen, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area,
minyan, nonclerics, nonordained persons, oblast, okrug,
parishioners, people, precinct, principality, province, region,
riding, seculars, see, sheep, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire,
shrievalty, society, soke, stake, state, synod, territory, town,
township, village, wapentake, ward
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Parish, NY (village, FIPS 56341)
Location: 43.40431 N, 76.12894 W
Population (1990): 473 (181 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13131
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Parish, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 512
Housing Units (2000): 212
Land area (2000): 1.538490 sq. miles (3.984671 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.538490 sq. miles (3.984671 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56341
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 43.405580 N, 76.126080 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13131
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Parish, NY
Parish
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