parish
An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
Noun 4 meanings
An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
“Near-synonym: vicarate”
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.
In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county.
Verb 2 meanings
To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
To visit residents of a parish.
Etymology
From Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant paroch, from Anglo-Norman paroche, parosse), from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).
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PARISH at a glance
PARISH has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + I 1 + S 1 + H 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,897 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with parish
All rhymesOne letter away
- PERISH11
- PARIAH11
- GARISH10
- HARISH12
- BARISH11
- MARISH11
- PAPISH13
- PALISH11
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