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parish

In the US, the ecclesiastical unit committed to one minister or priest. In Britain, a subdivision of a county often coinciding with an original territorial subdivision in Christian church administration, served by a parish church.

The origins of the parish lay in early medieval Italian cities, and by the 12th century most of Christian Europe was divided into parishes. The parish has frequently been the center of community life, especially in rural areas.



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Shopping in Blackstable was not a simple matter; for dissent, helped by the fact that the parish church was two miles from the town, was very common; and it was necessary to deal only with churchgoers; Mrs.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Take a lodging near a large parish church, in a remote part of London'-- (this is my friend's advice)--'go to the clerk, tell him you want to be married by banns, and say you belong to that parish.
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Well, you know,' said the Deputy Lock, shrugging his shoulders with his hands in his pockets, and shaking his head in a sulkily ominous manner, 'the parish authorities down town will have it out of you, if you go on, you may take your Alfred David.
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