PARISH

In English law. A circuit of ground, committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls the ye in. 1 BI. Comm. 111. Wilson v. State, 34 Ohio St. 199. The precinct of a parish church, and the particular _charge of a secular priest. Cowell. An ecclesiastical division of 11. town or district, subject to the m1nistry of one pastor. Brande. In New England, A corporation established for the - maintenance of public worship, which may be coterminous with a town, or Include only part of it.. A precinct or -parish is a corporation establishe_d solely. for the. purpose of maintaining public worship, and its powers are limited to that object. It may raise money for building and keeping in repair its meeting-house and supporting i_ts mi~i~ter, but ~o! no other purpose. A town 1s a c1v1l and pohtical corporation es• tablished for municipal purposes. They ina, [s. 879]