parish

οἶκος (Ancient Greek)

παρά (Ancient Greek)

πάρоικος (Ancient Greek)

παροικία (Ancient Greek)

παρоικία (Ancient Greek)

parochia (Late Latin)

paroisse (Old French)

Parish.

parosse (Old French)

paroche (Anglo-Norman)

parish (English)

(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.. A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.. An administrative subdivision [...]