1. (in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor: "a parish church"Similarparishionerschurchgoerschurchcongregationflockfoldcommunity
▪ (in Louisiana) a territorial division corresponding to a county in other states.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French paroche, from late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia ‘sojourning’, based on para- ‘beside, subsidiary’ + oikos ‘dwelling’.