parish

/ˈpæɹɪʃ/ · noun

Meaning

In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
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.
An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
To visit residents of a parish.
To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
To decay in such a way that it can't be used for its original purpose
To die; to cease to live.
To cause to perish.

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