parish

Pluralparishes

Formsparishes, parishing, parished

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   church districtnouncountable

   A smaller area within a larger church region, with its own church.

   The family lives just outside the parish, so they go to a different church.

   The bishop wants to join two small parishes because there are not enough priests.

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   local church membersnouncountable

   All the people who go to a local church and belong to it.

   The whole parish came out to welcome the new priest.

   The parish raised enough money to fix the church roof.

   Similarcongregation, flock

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   Louisiana countynouncountable

   One of the areas the state of Louisiana is divided into, like a county elsewhere.

   In Louisiana, she pays her property taxes to the parish, not to a county.

   The storm flooded roads in three Louisiana parishes.

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   British local areanouncountable

   A small part of a county in Britain, often the same area as an old church parish.

   The county is divided into parishes, and our village and two nearby farms make up one parish.

   Our parish council meets once a month in the village hall.

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   area (other countries)nouncountable

   In some countries, one of the areas a region is divided into for government.

   My grandmother lives in a quiet parish on the north coast of Jamaica.

   Each parish on the island has its own main town.

   Similardistrict

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   nounUScountable

   A church group people choose to join under one priest or minister, or the area where its members live.

   They drive across town every Sunday because they chose to join that parish.

   People from many different towns belong to our parish.

   Similarcongregation

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7. 7
   visit homesverbintransitive

   To go around and visit the people who live in a parish.

   The young minister likes to parish on Tuesday afternoons.

   She is out parishing and won't be back until dinner.

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   assign to districtverbtransitive

   To make an area, or now and then a person, part of one or more parishes.

   The council plans to parish the new suburbs next year.

   Most villages in the county are now parished.

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   die (accent)verbpronunciation spelling

   Pronunciation spelling of perish. Writers use it to show an accent where Mary, marry, and merry sound the same.

   'Without rain, the crops will parish by August,' Grandpa said.

   'Don't go out in that storm, or you'll parish!' she shouted.

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