parish

  1. Noun.  In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church or certain civil government entities such as the state of Louisiana, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
  2. Noun.  The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
  3. Noun.  A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
  4. Noun.  An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.

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