parishes (0 synonym found)

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Definition of parishes:

(n) : (Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
(n) : The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
(n) : (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.
(n) : An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
(n) : A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
(n) : In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.

Definition of parishes:

(n) : (Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
(n) : The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
(n) : (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.
(n) : An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
(n) : A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
(n) : In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.

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