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.