| 单词 | parish |
| 释义 | parish n. 1. an area having its own church and clergy. 2. (in full civil parish) a district constituted for purposes of local government. 3. the inhabitants of a parish. 4. US a county in Louisiana. Phrases and idioms parish clerk an official performing various duties concerned with the church. parish council Brit. the administrative body in a civil parish. parish pump (often attrib.) a symbol of a parochial or restricted outlook. parish register a book recording christenings, marriages, and burials, at a parish church. Etymology: ME paroche, parosse f. OF paroche, paroisse f. eccl.L parochia, paroechia f. Gk paroikia sojourning f. paroikos (as PARA-(1), -oikos -dwelling f. oikeo dwell) |
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