parish

parish is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
2. noun. The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
5. adjective. Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.
6. noun. a local church community
7. noun. the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in parish:

raphis, rhapis

Common word forms

parished, parishen, parishes

Words from these letters

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