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A parish is the local area served by one church, especially in Catholic or Christianity — the community of people who belong to that church. In some places, like the US state of Louisiana, 'parish' is also just the name used for what other states call a county.
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組成Comes from an old French word for a church district, which probably goes back to a Greek word meaning 'a nearby settlement.'
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Parishname
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A surname.
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A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.
parishnoun詞源 1/ˈpæɹɪʃ/
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CatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismAn administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
- With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.
- Near-synonym: vicarate
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The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
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An 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; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
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In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county.
- Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.
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In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county.
parishverb詞源 1/ˈpæɹɪʃ/
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To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
- […] [m]akes possible, through the aid of the rural ministers, the development of the various phases of the District program, such as (a) Parishing of the District; (b) Interdenominational adjustment in the interest of rural religious advance […]
- Father Malachy, a distant cousin, who was parished somewhere in the depths of Co. Monaghan, sat firmly in the chair in the corner, sipping his tea from a china cup.
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To visit residents of a parish.
- […] a chair immediately opposite to Tressady's place remained vacant. It was being kept for the eldest son of the house, his mother explaining carelessly to Lord Fontenoy that she believed he was "Out parishing somewhere, as usual."
- "You will take pleasure in parishing. Mother used to parish." "How do you know I like parishing?" "Your uncle said so." "Oh! did he?" "And you may like the rectory people; it's a fine old house, and often full of visitors."
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。