The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
Used in a Sentence
parishes
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for parishes.
Editorial note
A hundred is a subdivision of a county and contains several parishes and many towns and manors.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of parishes gathered in one view.
An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for parishes.
noun
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
noun
An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
noun
A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
noun
In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
Example sentences
A hundred is a subdivision of a county and contains several parishes and many towns and manors.
But then in Orleans Parish (parishes are counties in Louisiana) it's not legal to discriminate on the basis of sexuality.
Except where the USA has parishes instead of counties, just to mix it up some more.
Prior to that, records devolve into individual church parishes and are mostly in Latin.
He knows; he's pointing out that you can go to Latin High Mass / Tridentine Mass in certain parishes in big cities.
You can't come second in a race with only one participant (well, except for some snobbish cake competitions in tiny English parishes).
Evangelical/Baptist, Latter Day Saints, Orthodox, Catholic (more traditional parishes) all are significantly younger.
Over 3500 counties/parishes in the United States of America...so little time.
On the other hand; the local parishes often love posting AI generated devotional pictures, and the laity loves it even more; and they look horrible.
Is there enough power in the nearby parishes to supply 2.2GW?
By 1750 some parishes started to have 90% reading ability.
The church sometimes struggles to have enough priests to meet the needs of the parishes, let alone having enough monks to keep up all the monasteries.
Quote examples
Otherwise, you're correct – most parishes now celebrate in the vernacular (local language), but that's why I included the qualifying phrase "that..., or..."
On that day, the reading is simply "Many holy martyrs, saints, and holy virgins." To this day, indult parishes that celebrate the 1962 Roman liturgy have saints days that get moved apparently arbitrarily in late February on leap years.
From the RFC (note the "or businesses"): Name Space Within States: ------------------------ "locality" - cities, counties, parishes, and townships.
OCA is the second-largest jurisdiction (distantly, behind the greeks) in the US and most of its parishes could be described as "english language russian orthodox" though they are not ultimately under the patriarch of moscow.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use parishes in a sentence?
A hundred is a subdivision of a county and contains several parishes and many towns and manors.
What does parishes mean?
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
What part of speech is parishes?
parishes is commonly used as noun.