Synonyms for parish

Most common

civil parish · presbytery · parishioner · vicarate

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.

Related words

Word family

parishioner parochial

Phrases

parish council parish assembly parish pump politics civil parish parish priest parish school

Forms

Plural

parishes → parishioners, presbyteries, vicarates…

Example sentences

• parishioner The chaplain listened sympathetically to his parishioner.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters

vicarate

10 letters

presbytery

11 letters

parishioner⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (parishioner⁴ = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français

paroisse

Italiano

parrocchia

Español

parroquia

Deutsch

Parochie

Català

parròquia