parish
Louisiana county equivalent
A parish is a district served by a single church or priest, the basic administrative unit of many Christian denominations.
The term extends to the congregation itself—the people who belong to that church.
In Louisiana, parish replaces county as the primary local government division, a legacy of French and Spanish colonial rule.
The whole parish turned out for the funeral.
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- rectorParish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
- vestryChurch robing chamber
deanery · bishopric · see · synod · episcopate · pastorate · chaplaincy · sacristan
Quantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- vespersEvening devotional service
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
- evensongAnglican evening prayer service
communion · baptism · confession · sermon · homily · prayer · sacrament · altar
Record of past events
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- archivesStored historical documents
- registersRecords officially
- recordsStored data or albums
genealogy · ancestry · preservation · restoration · monuments · churchyard · cemetery · gravestones
Residential area nearby
- villageSmall rural community
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
borough · locals · residents · inhabitants · townsfolk · council · hall · register
Animals gathered together
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- communicantsThose receiving holy communion
- worshippersThose who revere religiously
- churchgoersRegular worship attendees
laity · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood · congregation · membership · choir · acolytes
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
vestry · deanery · bishopric · see · synod · episcopate · pastorate · chaplaincy · sacristan · canonical
mass
Quantity of matter
evensong · communion · baptism · confession · sermon · homily · prayer · sacrament · altar · confirmation
history
Record of past events
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- archivesStored historical documents
- registersRecords officially
records · genealogy · ancestry · preservation · restoration · monuments · churchyard · cemetery · gravestones · memorials
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
settlement · borough · locals · residents · inhabitants · townsfolk · council · hall · register · records
flock
Animals gathered together
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- communicantsThose receiving holy communion
- worshippersThose who revere religiously
churchgoers · laity · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood · congregation · membership · choir · acolytes · volunteers
- communitiesgated community, family, retirement community, neighbors, cohousing
- zones and regionszone, region, district, territory, sector
- administrative divisionsprovince, district, county, region, state
- religious groupscongregation, congregations, sect, fellowship, cult
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, diocese
- church districtsdiocese, archdiocese, bishopric, deanery, vicariate
parishcosmopolitan
Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
universal · global · worldly · international · ecumenical
parishVatican
Papal city-state
Holy See · universal church · diocese · archdiocese · national church
- parish churchesLocal Christian worship buildings
- church parishesLocal religious administrative units
- parish hallChurch community gathering space
- parish priestLocal church leader
- parish churchLocal community worship building
- parish houseClergy home near church
parishes, parishioner, parishioners, parish church, parish priest, parish churches