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# parish

«parish» in Mova's school dictionary: **an area that has its own church and priest or vicar, and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a parish, parishes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A parish is an area that has its own church and priest or vicar, and the people who live there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#m1)

2) (UK, local government) A parish is a small area, often a village, with its own local council called a parish council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#m2)

3) (church) The parish can mean all the people who belong to a church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In church life and RE, the parish priest looks after the parish; there are parish halls, parish newsletters and parish fêtes. In UK history and geography, old records list births and marriages in parish registers. In Louisiana, USA, a parish is like a county. Phrases: «parish church», «parish priest», «parish council», «parish hall».

### examples

- Our parish church is the oldest building in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#x1)
- The parish priest visits people who are ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#x2)
- The parish hall is used for Brownies and toddler groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#x3)
- The whole parish came to the summer fête. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#x4)
- The parish council voted to build a new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#x5)
- Old parish registers help us find out about our ancestors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#x6)
- He went first to the priest, and asked him about the children in his parish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/#x7)

### note

Plural: parishes. Adjective «parochial» (of a parish; also, narrow-minded). A person who belongs to a parish is a «parishioner». Do not confuse with «perish» (to die).

### In the corpora

- [A vicar or rector leads a Church of England parish; priests serve in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «parish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.