parish.

1. A local district or community served by a church and clergy within an ecclesiastical system.

2. A local civil administrative district called a parish in certain political systems.

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Words that belong together

• a rural parish
• parish boundaries

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The rural parish included homes too scattered for one village name.

Parish boundaries explained why the burial record lay beyond the nearest church.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular parish; plural parishes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.