PARISH

6 letters 11 Scrabble points /ˈpæɹɪʃ/

Definition of PARISH

noun

  1. In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.

  2. The community attending that church; the members of the parish.

  3. 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.

verb

  1. To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.

    "1991, Melissa Bradley Kirkpatrick, Re-parishing the Countryside: Progressivism and Religious Interests in Rural Life Reform, 1908-1934"

  2. To visit residents of a parish.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters P A R I S H
Length 6 letters
Scrabble Score 11 points

Anagrams of PARISH

Words that use the same letters:

RAPHIS RHAPIS

Words Containing "PARISH"

DISPARISH NONPARISHIONER OUTPARISH PARISHAD PARISHED PARISHEN PARISHES PARISHIONAL PARISHIONALLY PARISHIONATE PARISHIONER PARISHIONERS PARISHIONERSHIP PARISHVILLE PARISHWIDE TRANSPARISH

Words Starting with "PARISH"

PARISHAD PARISHED PARISHEN PARISHES PARISHIONAL PARISHIONALLY PARISHIONATE PARISHIONER PARISHIONERS PARISHIONERSHIP PARISHVILLE PARISHWIDE

Words Ending with "PARISH"

DISPARISH OUTPARISH TRANSPARISH