PARISH Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word parish. (close relations)
parishes
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church | nounn | |||||||
noun • one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship • a place for public (especially Christian) worship • a service conducted in a house of worship • the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church verb • perform a special church rite or service for | ||||||||
congregation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church • an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together • the act of congregating | ||||||||
diocese | nounn | |||||||
noun • the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | ||||||||
district | nounn | |||||||
noun • a region marked off for administrative or other purposes verb • regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | ||||||||
division | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an army unit large enough to sustain combat • one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole • the act or process of dividing • an administrative unit in government or business • discord that splits a group • a league ranked by quality • (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category • (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum • a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings • a group of ships of similar type • an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed • the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | ||||||||
township | nounn | |||||||
noun • an administrative division of a county | ||||||||
village | nounn | |||||||
noun • a community of people smaller than a town • a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century • a settlement smaller than a town | ||||||||
decease | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the event of dying or departure from life verb • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | ||||||||
pass away | verbv | |||||||
verb • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life • go out of existence |