Antonyms for
parish
An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
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No Antonyms Found for Parish

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All Definitions for Parish

Below are all the dictionary definitions of parish:

1An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
2The community attending that church
3The members of the parish.
4An 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
5Also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
6An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
7A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
8In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
9To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
10To visit residents of a parish.
11A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.
12A surname.
13Pronunciation spelling of perish, representing Mary–marry–merry merger English. [(intransitive) To decay and disappear
14To waste away to nothing.]

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