parish
pa
ˈpÃĻ
pā
rish
rÉĒʃ
rish
/ˈpÃĻrÉĒʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "parish"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ, āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž

an area with a church of its own that is under the care of a priest
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each parish organizes events and activities to foster unity among its members.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ, āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧀

the local administrative subdivision of a diocese assigned to a single pastor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They moved to a new parish when the priest retired.
āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ-āĻ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ, āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ

(Louisiana) the equivalent of a county in other U.S. states
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He grew up in a small parish in southern Louisiana.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āϞ⧁āχāϜāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ