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What is a parish?

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Parish

Parish has several different meanings. Most often it means an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy. It can also mean a local church with its field of activity or the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.

In Louisiana a parish is a county.

Parish Party: a party at a church run by the priest

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