parish

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈpæɹɪʃ/    /ˈpæɹɪʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
    — With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.
  2. The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
  3. 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. US
  4. 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.
    — Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.
  5. In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county.; An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
动词 v.
  1. To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes. transitive
    — […] [m]akes possible, through the aid of the rural ministers, the development of the various phases of the District program, such as (a) Parishing of the District; (b) Interdenominational adjustment in the interest of rural religious advance […]
  2. Pronunciation spelling of perish, representing Mary–marry–merry merger English. alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
  3. To visit residents of a parish. intransitive
    — […] a chair immediately opposite to Tressady's place remained vacant. It was being kept for the eldest son of the house, his mother explaining carelessly to Lord Fontenoy that she believed he was "Out parishing somewhere, as usual."

词形变化

parishes plural paroch alternative,Scotland,obsolete parishes present,singular,third-person parishing participle,present parished participle,past parished past paroch alternative,Scotland,obsolete parishes present,singular,third-person parishing participle,present parished participle,past parished past paroch alternative,Scotland,obsolete

词源

From Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant paroch, from Anglo-Norman paroche, parosse), from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).
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