Meaning & use
parish
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a small administrative district with its own church and clergy, especially in Christian denominations; in some places, a county-equivalent unit of local government.
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The new priest was welcomed warmly by the parish.
Louisiana is divided into parishes rather than counties.
A note on using this word
Parish primarily refers to a church community and its geographic area, though in Louisiana it also names a civil administrative division equivalent to a county elsewhere in the United States.
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