Parish

(pārish.) [From Gr. paroikia, a neighborhood.] (Eccl. Law.) The circuit of territory placed under the spiritual charge of a minister of the church for the care of souls therein. In England, a dist., a igned to a church either from time immemorial or by act of parliament.-In Louisiana, a division of the State, corresponding with what are called counties in the other States, and districts in S. Carolina. [s. 686]