parish counciln.
/ˌparɪʃ ˈkaʊnsl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrɪʃ ˈkaʊns(ə)l/ The council of a parish; spec. the local administrative body in a rural civil parish (see quot. 1894).
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1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 350 All royal councils..must prove their descent to have been from parish-councils.
1834 Times 10 Jan. 4/4 If our legislators had started from a parish council to improve the institutions of the state, the work would have been much better done than it is now.
1894 Act 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73 §1 There shall be a parish meeting for every rural parish, and there shall be a parish council for every rural parish which has a population of three hundred or upwards.
1908 Parish Councils 15 The parish council of Humshaugh..has bought the freehold of a small piece of land,..so as to secure for ever a public watering place.
1999 Eng. Nature Mag. Mar. 12/1 The first parish council in the UK to declare a Local Nature Reserve.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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