Definition of parish
- n. - That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one
parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
- n. - The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with
its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
- n. - 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. - In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in
other States.
- a. - Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish
church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as,
parish poor.