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Definition of Parishes
1. parish [n] - See also: parish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parishes
Literary usage of Parishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant by Episcopal Church Diocese of Michigan, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Michigan (1873)
"REPORTS— parishes and Missions reported H 75 parishes and Stations not reported......
12 Clergymen, not in charge of parishes, reporting 8 Clergymen, ..."
2. Journal of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant by Episcopal Church Diocese of Michigan (1868)
"807 Scholars in 53 parishes and Stations—male, 2397; female, 3087. ... FOR OBJECTS
WITHIN THE PARISH— In 61 parishes and Stations ..."
3. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"The parishes of Acadia and Lafayette shall compose the eighteenth district.
The parishes of Iberia and St. Martin shall compose the nineteenth district. ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1867)
"Sir Henry Hobart (to) lays it down, that Mr. Camden (и) says, England was divided
into parishes by Archbishop parishes were first erected by the council of ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Where there has been a union or disjunction and erection of parishes the ...
The parishes proper vary to a great degree both in size and population. ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Bishop Prince showed untiring activity, founding twenty new parishes, ...
Later three parishes on the north side of the Richelieu River were annexed. ..."
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