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parish
has definitions from the fields of religion,sociology,geography
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[ noun ] (religion,sociology) a local church community
Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)The vulnerability of Protestant congregations to social differences has often been attributed to the `` folksy spirit '' of Protestant religious life ; in_fact , a contrast is often drawn in this regard with the `` impersonal '' Roman_Catholic parish . The identification of the basic unit of religious organization - the parish or congregation - with a residential area is self_defeating in a modern metropolis , for it simply means the closing of an iron_trap on the outreach of the Christian fellowship and the transmutation of mission to co-optation . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2127
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[ noun ] (geography) the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
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