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   parish

   /ˈparɪʃ/

   noun

   • 1. (in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor: "a parish church" Similar parishionerschurchgoerschurchcongregationflockfoldcommunity
   • ▪ the smallest unit of local government, constituted only in rural areas: "a parish councillor" Similar districtcommunity
   • ▪ (in Louisiana) a territorial division corresponding to a county in other states.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French paroche, from late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia ‘sojourning’, based on para- ‘beside, subsidiary’ + oikos ‘dwelling’.

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