parish church
Neighborhood place of worship
A parish church is the main church of a parish—the local administrative district of a Christian denomination, particularly in Anglican and Catholic traditions.
It serves as the primary place of worship for residents of that geographic area: The wedding was held at the parish church where her family had worshipped for generations.
Small rural community
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- feteElaborate public celebration
- jumble saleEvent selling donated goods
- flower arrangingArt of composing bouquets
bell ringers · churchyard · notice board · harvest festival · wedding · christening · funeral · burial ground
Church's main interior
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- steeplePointed church tower
- spireTapering architectural peak
- belfryTower containing bells
transept · apse · vestry · narthex · clerestory · crypt · sacristy · buttress
Aid or maintenance
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- sermonClergy's worship address
- evensongAnglican evening prayer service
vespers · matins · psalms · prayers · sacrament · baptism · confirmation · blessing
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- deanerySenior cleric's jurisdiction
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
- livingCurrently having breath
tithe · glebe · parsonage · vicarage · rectory · Book of Common Prayer · synod · ecclesiastical
Legally protected historic structure
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- Norman1066 England conqueror
medieval · Victorian · Gothic Revival · antiquarian · churchyard · headstones · memorial · brass rubbing
village
Small rural community
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- feteElaborate public celebration
- jumble saleEvent selling donated goods
flower arranging · bell ringers · churchyard · notice board · harvest festival · wedding · christening · funeral · burial ground · Sunday school
nave
Church's main interior
belfry · transept · apse · vestry · narthex · clerestory · crypt · sacristy · buttress · pew
service
Aid or maintenance
evensong · vespers · matins · psalms · prayers · sacrament · baptism · confirmation · blessing · vicar
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
living · tithe · glebe · parsonage · vicarage · rectory · Book of Common Prayer · synod · ecclesiastical · incumbency
listed building
Legally protected historic structure
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
Norman · medieval · Victorian · Gothic Revival · antiquarian · churchyard · headstones · memorial · brass rubbing · Domesday
- parishesvestry
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- churchesBaptist churches, Catholic cathedrals, chapels, Lutheran churches, Methodist churches
- English Countrysidecottages, village green, village fete, farmhouses, country pub
- Old Villagethatched cottage, cobblestone street, blacksmith shop, town square, stone wall
- sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, chapel, cathedral
parish churchcathedral
Bishop's principal church
basilica · abbey · minster · mother church · St. Peter's Basilica
parish churchhouse church
Congregation meeting in residence
storefront church · megachurch · nondenominational church · prayer meeting · underground church