parish

[US]/ˈpærɪʃ/
[UK]/ˈpærɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. an administrative district below the level of a county, especially in the context of a church. It also refers to a specific area of knowledge, authority, or work.

Phrases & Collocations

parish church

parish priest

Example Sentences

the appropriation of parish funds.

he made himself indispensable to the parish priest.

the patronal festival of the parish church of St Peter.

the parish church is dedicated to St Paul.

these parish gentry were conscious of their elevated status.

I looked down on parish-pump politics.

the parish council was forced to retract a previous resolution.

here parish boundaries seem clearly to pre-date Roman roads.

she could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk.

they asked that their parish be disjoined from Lewis and added to Harris.

He became a rector of a small parish where he ministered for several years.

It has been dubbed the “miracle chapati” by Bangalore parish priest George Jacob.Father Jacob, who has put it in a glass case, said: “Devotees feel blessed on witnessing it.

Real-world Examples

Never before had the parish seemed so populous.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

And, like I said, we're a small parish.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

And therefore to her parish, she was begging back her way.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

And therefore to her parish, she was begging back her way.

Source: UK original primary school Chinese language class

For example, the southern state of Louisiana is divided up into parishes.

Source: VOA Special November 2016 Collection

If we didn't have help of the state and the federal government, it could bankrupt the parish here.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Father Julius Dresme is the parish priest at Saint Vitus Catholic Church in Hilversum.

Source: NPR News December 2014 Collection

And his body burned at his parish in northern Nigeria in an apparent Islamist attack.

Source: BBC Listening January 2023 Collection

Abbot Xavier-Arnaud Fagba went out, door to door, bringing the rest to his parish.

Source: VOA Standard February 2014 Collection

Today, she's asked me to make a hearty soup for the poor of the parish.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

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