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parish

/par-ish/US // ˈpær ɪʃ //UK // (ˈpærɪʃ) //

教区,堂区

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
    • : a local church with its field of activity.
    • : a county.
    • : the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.
    • : Curling. house.

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Examples

  • The United States goes to the polls in more than 3,000 counties, parishes, and boroughs.

  • While modern evangelical churches have broadcast systems that would put most local PBS stations to shame, our 250-year-old country parish only recently had air-conditioning installed.

  • Evacuation orders have been issued for many parishes in Louisiana, including Calcasieu Parish where Lake Charles is located.

  • LeBlanc’s son moved his family to a farm farther away from chemical plants in the parish because of his concern about air pollution, and his mother is moving there soon.

  • Then, after Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana in 2005, the parish began to adopt a new identity.

  • Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.

  • According to Wahlberg, his time in prison, as well as the guidance of a parish priest, helped him turn his life around.

  • Despite the multiple warnings, Bishop Finn chose to leave Ratigan in place in the parish.

  • He claimed to be related to a quarter of the voters in Iberia Parish—sometimes to a full half of them.

  • The parish priest Father Michele Iacono, dressed in purple vestments, blessed the bodies and performed last rights en masse.

  • In the parish churches, many of which are of great interest, the predominant styles are Decorated and Perpendicular.

  • The taxes whether public, county, or parish, were payable in tobacco.

  • These residents then killed the parish priest, and without arms fled for safety to the mountain ravines.

  • A pretty boy of seven or eight years of age is chosen by each parish.

  • Her visitors took their leave, to spread the report over the village and parish of King's Warren.