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skinem
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parish

Postby skinem » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:11 pm

par·ish

Pronunciation: 'per-ish, 'pa-rish
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English parisshe, from Anglo-French paroche, parosse, from Late Latin parochia, from Late Greek paroikia, from paroikos Christian, from Greek, stranger, from para- + oikos house -- more at VICINITY
1 a (1) : the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor (2) : the residents of such an area b British : a subdivision of a county often coinciding with an original ecclesiastical parish and constituting the unit of local government
2 : a local church community composed of the members or constituents of a Protestant church
3 : a civil division of the state of Louisiana corresponding to a county in other states

Interesting that it seems to come from a Greek word meaning stranger...

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Re: parish

Postby Bailey » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:51 pm


Interesting that it seems to come from a Greek word meaning stranger...
oh perish the thought.
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