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| parish [ párrish ] (plural parishes) |
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1. district with own church: in the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and some other churches, a division of a diocese that has its own church and member of the clergy
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often used before a noun
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 the parish priest
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2. small local government unit: the smallest defined area of local government in rural areas of England, containing a village with its own elected council
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3. people of parish: the people who live in a parish
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takes a singular or plural verb
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| [13th century. Via Old French parroche< ecclesiastical Latin parochia, paroechia< Greek paroikos 'neighbour', literally 'dwelling nearby' < oikos 'dwelling'] |
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