Parish vs. Perish

Parishnoun

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

Parishnoun

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

Parishnoun

(US) 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.

Parishnoun

A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.

Parishnoun

An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.

Parishverb

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

Parishverb

(intransitive) To visit residents of a parish.

Parishnoun

That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

Parishnoun

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.

Parishnoun

In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.

Parishadjective

Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.

Parishnoun

a local church community

Parishnoun

the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church.

Perishverb

(intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.

Perishverb

(intransitive) To decay in such a way that it can't be used for its original purpose

Perishverb

(intransitive) To die; to cease to live.

Perishverb

To cause to perish.

Perishverb

To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.

Perishverb

To cause perish.

Perishverb

pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

Perishverb

die, especially in a violent or sudden way

Perishverb

suffer complete ruin or destruction

Perishverb

(of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay

Perishverb

be suffering from extreme cold