Parish
English Meaning
That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
- An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church in the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and some other churches.
- The members of such a parish; a religious community attending one church.
- A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.
- An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other U.S. states.