parish /ˈpæɹɪʃ/noun 6verb 2forms 3 noun6 •An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. •The community attending that church; the members of the parish. •(US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. •In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county. •A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish; a similar subdivision in Ireland. •An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states. verb2 •To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.Father Malachy, a distant cousin, who was parished somewhere in the depths of Co. Monaghan, sat firmly in the chair in the corner, sipping his tea from a china cup. — 1972 •To visit residents of a parish."Are you going ‘parishing’ this morning?" inquired Diana, as she watched him fill and light his pipe. — 1921 formsparished · parishing · parishes
