Parish,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parish \Par"ish\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church;
     parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish;
     as, parish poor. --Dryden.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  parish \par"ish\ (p[a^]r"[i^]sh), n. [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}.]
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     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.
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     Note: Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under
           various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical
           districts for spiritual purposes. --Mozley & W.
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     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.]
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     3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county
        in other States.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parish
       n 1: a local church community
       2: the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

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 Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PARISH. A district of country of different extents. In the ecclesiastical 
  law it signified the territory committed to the charge of a parson, vicar, 
  or other minister. Ayl. Parerg. 404; 2 Bl. Com. 112. In Louisiana, the state 
  is divided into parishes. 
  
  

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