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Showing words for PARISH using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Parish

parish, raphis, rhapis

5 Letter Words for Parish

aphis, apish, arish, ashir, hairs, harps, pairs, paris, parsi, sapir, sarip, sharp, shrap, shrip, spahi, spair, spira

4 Letter Words for Parish

airs, apis, aris, hair, haps, harp, hasp, hips, pahi, pahs, pair, pais, pari, pars, pash, pasi, phar, phis, pias, pirs, pisa, pish, psha, psia, rahs, rais, raps, rash, rasp, rias, ripa, rips, risp, saip, sair, sari, shap, shia, ship, shir, shri, spar

3 Letter Words for Parish

ahi, ahs, air, ais, aph, apr, ars, ash, asp, hap, has, hia, hip, hir, his, hrs, ihp, ihs, iph, ipr, ips, ira, irs, ish, pah, par, pas, phi, phr, pia, pir, pis, prs, psi, rah, rai, rap, ras, rha, ria, rip, rps, sah, sai, sap, sar, sha, shi, shp, shr, sip, sir, spa, sri

Definitions for Parish

[1] an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
[2] a local church with its field of activity.
[3] (in Louisiana) a county.
[4] the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.
[5] Curling . house(def 20) .
[6] on the parish , British . receiving charity from local authorities. Informal . meagerly or inadequately supplied.
[7] a subdivision of a diocese, having its own church and a clergyman Related adjective: parochial
[8] the churchgoers of such a subdivision
[9] (in England and, formerly, Wales) the smallest unit of local government in rural areas
[10] (in Louisiana) a unit of local government corresponding to a county in other states of the US
[11] the people living in a parish
[12] on the parish history receiving parochial relief

Words related to Parish

church, community, fold, flock, territory, bethel, archdiocese, churchgoers, parishioners

Words nearby Parish

paris, paris club, paris commune, paris daisy, paris green, parish, parish clerk, parish council, parish house, parish pump, parish register

Origin of Parish

1250–1300; Middle English, variant of parosshe < Middle French paroisse < Late Latin parochia, alteration of paroecia < Late Greek paroikía, derivative of Greek pároikos neighbor, (in Christian usage) sojourner (see paroicous); see -ia

Other words from Parish

in·ter·par·ish , adjective
trans·par·ish , adjective

Word origin for Parish

C13: from Old French paroisse, from Church Latin parochia, from Late Greek paroikia, from paroikos Christian, sojourner, from Greek: neighbour, from para- 1 (beside) + oikos house

Synonyms for Parish

church, archdiocese, bethel, churchgoers, community, flock, fold, parishioners, territory