parish
An administrative part of a diocese that has its own churchAn administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
» The parish received a new priest.
Die Gemeinde bekam einen neuen Pfarrer.
Meaning
5 sensesAn administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
Near-synonym: vicarate
Gemeinde, Pfarrei
прихо́дprixód
пара́фіяparáfija, паро́хіяparóxija
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
Gemeindemitglied
прихожа́неprixožáne, па́стваpástva
a local church community
(US)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.
общи́наobščína
In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county.
A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish; a similar subdivision in Ireland.
Gemeinde
о́кругókrug
An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
Examples
10 sentencesThe parish received a new priest.
deDie Gemeinde bekam einen neuen Pfarrer.
They are the boys of the parish.
He is a member of the parish committee.
deEr ist Mitglied im Kirchenvorstand.
Eleven years ago, there was a fire at the parish.
The old parish church was closed due to its disrepair.
deDie alte Stadtkirche wurde wegen Baufälligkeit geschlossen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant parocFrom 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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