Synonyms for parish
ˈpær ɪʃparish

Princeton's WordNet

1. parishnoun

   a local church community

2. parishnoun

   the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

Matched Categories

1. • Community
   • Diocese
   • Jurisdiction

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1. parishnoun

   Associated words:
   parochial, parochialism, parishioner, parochialize

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1. List of paraphrases for "parish":

   paroisse, chapel, barish, parochial, congregation, church, diocese, priesthood

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1. James Carville:

   That's the birthplace of Louisiana Republicanism, Jefferson Parish, look at the north side of Dallas, west side of Houston, suburbs of Atlanta. Look at northern Kentucky. Boom. They are hemorrhaging.

2. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards:

   While extremely upsetting, this increase in COVID-19 cases appears to be less a sign of new exponential growth and more a sign of a logjam from commercial labs, i have said time and again -- COVID-19 is a statewide problem and testing is a vital step towards understanding the scale of this problem. We believe COVID-19 is spreading in every parish in Louisiana.

3. Christopher Ryan Heanue:

   A young couple in our parish would love to adopt this child and keep this gift in our community. It would make a great Christmas miracle.

4. John Bel Edwards:

   First of all, I'm not comfortable in saying that I'm happy with the time that has elapsed. But I'm aware that there are reasons for that. And there's an approach that has been taken for as long as anybody can remember when you have criminal investigations that are ongoing, as to the sequence of events, and whether that continues to be the most appropriate approach to that I'm not sure, i do know that it is a matter of public record once the authorities who are conducting the investigations, which happen to be the DA and Union Parish, but also the US Department of Justice for civil rights violation.

5. John Bel Edwards:

   I do know that it is a matter of public record once the authorities who are conducting the investigations, which happen to be the DA and Union Parish, but also the US Department of Justice for civil rights violation.