Parish
noun
A particular area in a Christian church or church community, often looked after by a priest.
Our church parish has been growing in the past few years.
Often appears as...
- church parish
- parish priest
noun
In parts of the US, especially Louisiana, a region or division of a county with its own local government.
He lives in Lafayette Parish.
Often appears as...
- lafayette parish
- parish courthouse
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noun
A particular area in a Christian church or church community, often looked after by a priest.
Our church parish has been growing in the past few years.
Often appears as...
- church parish
- parish priest
noun
In parts of the US, especially Louisiana, a region or division of a county with its own local government.
He lives in Lafayette Parish.
Often appears as...
- lafayette parish
- parish courthouse
Usage tips
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Community
The parish is part of a church community where religious activities and fellowship occur.
She joined the parish choir to meet others.
Pro Tip 2/3Local Clergy
Each parish is typically overseen by a parish priest responsible for spiritual guidance.
Father John is the new priest of our parish.
Pro Tip 3/3Geographic Boundaries
A parish has specific geographic boundaries which determine its community members.
Our home lies within St. Mary's parish boundaries.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Community
The parish is part of a church community where religious activities and fellowship occur.
She joined the parish choir to meet others.
Pro Tip 2/3Local Clergy
Each parish is typically overseen by a parish priest responsible for spiritual guidance.
Father John is the new priest of our parish.
Pro Tip 3/3Geographic Boundaries
A parish has specific geographic boundaries which determine its community members.
Our home lies within St. Mary's parish boundaries.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Community
The parish is part of a church community where religious activities and fellowship occur.
She joined the parish choir to meet others.
Pro Tip 2/3Local Clergy
Each parish is typically overseen by a parish priest responsible for spiritual guidance.
Father John is the new priest of our parish.
Pro Tip 3/3Geographic Boundaries
A parish has specific geographic boundaries which determine its community members.
Our home lies within St. Mary's parish boundaries.
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Learning from past...
happened he was speaking in a Protestant Church when you were brought up as a Catholic you think if you ever set foot in a Protestant Church you'll be struck dead at the threshold so I went to my father in tears what are we going to do he said don't worry he's speaking at a parish hall we're sitting and folding chairs he's talking about sportsmanship it's not a sin but as I left that night
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We need to green the...
that is very well resourced to deal with situations like that um so that's the main reason that it doesn't happen in a coordinated way is because it's really hard because the world is set up dominated by individual sovereign states and getting people to agree to do things multinational is very difficult that's why the parish agreement's so
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An ode to living on...
That we were from just a small parish, which ignores life outside its immediate concerns. I wanted to try to feel what it was like to see our planet as one system, as a single object, hanging in space. To do this, I would need to switch from flat drawings for books to 3D sculpture for the street,
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Everything you need to...
and the scholar she takes as her lover. To get some time alone together, the scholar and the wife play various tricks that involve feigning madness, staging a biblical flood, and exposing themselves in public. But the parish clerk is also lusting after the wife,
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Earthrise: The Story of...
contemplative underscore and got me thinking brilliant for the first time we were just a small piece of an almost infinite universe before the flight I was a Catholic and had communion from my old parish priests but I must say that
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Attenborough Talks About...
I'd like to do my my worry was that while I was the director program that some other parish it was good to go through and say what about this wonderful idea of doing the history of life and I couldn't in all conscience
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Grouse Chicks Die from...
runs down to three so that's the rest of obviously parish with a call over the summer Graham will continue to carry out regular bird counts but if the chicks continue to die in large numbers he may
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Japanese Balloon Bombs PIPE...
five children from their parish were out on an outing near a town called Lakeview Oregon the minister was parking the car he led his wife out in the children they went into the forest he heard her
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How the sandwich was...
a small parish in the southwest of England. Despite his keen administrative skills, Montagu is a corrupt politician, an adulterous husband, and an incessant, degenerate gambler.
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José Antonio Abreu: The...
He is a boy from a parish in Caracas who passionately attended to his double bass lessons at the San Agustin's Junior Orchestra. With his effort,
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Learning from past...
happened he was speaking in a Protestant Church when you were brought up as a Catholic you think if you ever set foot in a Protestant Church you'll be struck dead at the threshold so I went to my father in tears what are we going to do he said don't worry he's speaking at a parish hall we're sitting and folding chairs he's talking about sportsmanship it's not a sin but as I left that night
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We need to green the...
that is very well resourced to deal with situations like that um so that's the main reason that it doesn't happen in a coordinated way is because it's really hard because the world is set up dominated by individual sovereign states and getting people to agree to do things multinational is very difficult that's why the parish agreement's so
Video examples
An ode to living on...
That we were from just a small parish, which ignores life outside its immediate concerns. I wanted to try to feel what it was like to see our planet as one system, as a single object, hanging in space. To do this, I would need to switch from flat drawings for books to 3D sculpture for the street,
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Everything you need to...
and the scholar she takes as her lover. To get some time alone together, the scholar and the wife play various tricks that involve feigning madness, staging a biblical flood, and exposing themselves in public. But the parish clerk is also lusting after the wife,
Video examples
Earthrise: The Story of...
contemplative underscore and got me thinking brilliant for the first time we were just a small piece of an almost infinite universe before the flight I was a Catholic and had communion from my old parish priests but I must say that
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Attenborough Talks About...
I'd like to do my my worry was that while I was the director program that some other parish it was good to go through and say what about this wonderful idea of doing the history of life and I couldn't in all conscience
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Grouse Chicks Die from...
runs down to three so that's the rest of obviously parish with a call over the summer Graham will continue to carry out regular bird counts but if the chicks continue to die in large numbers he may
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Japanese Balloon Bombs PIPE...
five children from their parish were out on an outing near a town called Lakeview Oregon the minister was parking the car he led his wife out in the children they went into the forest he heard her
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How the sandwich was...
a small parish in the southwest of England. Despite his keen administrative skills, Montagu is a corrupt politician, an adulterous husband, and an incessant, degenerate gambler.
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José Antonio Abreu: The...
He is a boy from a parish in Caracas who passionately attended to his double bass lessons at the San Agustin's Junior Orchestra. With his effort,
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Blase J. Cupich
American Clergyman
People are looking for a way in which their spiritual life can be deepened. They are finding it in some of our Catholic parishes and sometimes not in others, and that opens the door for them to go elsewhere.
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Pope Benedict XVI
German Clergyman
It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses.
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Andrew Greeley
American Clergyman
I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.
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Donald Wuerl
American Clergyman
You were part of a parish life. It was a great community to grow up in. I just was impressed by our parish priests. After a while, I began to think maybe I could do that.
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Gilbert White
English Scientist
The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds.
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Glenn Beck
American Journalist
If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.
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George Steiner
American Critic
Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.
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David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes
English Clergyman
I am very much looking forward to being a parish priest.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.
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John Wesley
English Clergyman
I look upon the whole world as my parish.
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Blase J. Cupich
American Clergyman
People are looking for a way in which their spiritual life can be deepened. They are finding it in some of our Catholic parishes and sometimes not in others, and that opens the door for them to go elsewhere.
Quote examples
Pope Benedict XVI
German Clergyman
It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses.
Quote examples
Andrew Greeley
American Clergyman
I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.
Quote examples
Donald Wuerl
American Clergyman
You were part of a parish life. It was a great community to grow up in. I just was impressed by our parish priests. After a while, I began to think maybe I could do that.
Quote examples
Gilbert White
English Scientist
The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds.
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Glenn Beck
American Journalist
If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.
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George Steiner
American Critic
Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.
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David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes
English Clergyman
I am very much looking forward to being a parish priest.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.
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John Wesley
English Clergyman
I look upon the whole world as my parish.
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