NOUN (2)

1. a local church community;

2. the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor;

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Parish \Par"ish\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church;
   parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish;
   as, parish poor. --Dryden.
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   Parish clerk.
   (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish.
   (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists
       in the service of the Church of England.

   Parish court, in Louisiana, a court in each parish.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

parish \par"ish\ (p[a^]r"[i^]sh), n. [OE. parishe, paresche,
   parosche, OF. paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L.
   parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, Gr. paroiki`a, fr.
   pa`roikos dwelling beside or near; para` beside + o'i^kos a
   house, dwelling; akin to L. vicus village. See Vicinity,
   and cf. Parochial.]
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   1. (Eccl. & Eng. Law)
      (a) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one
          parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of
          souls therein. --Cowell.
      (b) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction,
          with its own officers and regulations, as respects the
          poor, taxes, etc.
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   Note: Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under
         various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical
         districts for spiritual purposes. --Mozley & W.
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   2. An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by
      territorial limits, but composed of those persons who
      choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest,
      clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in
      which the members of a congregation live. [U. S.]
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   3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county
      in other States.
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U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Parish, NY (village, FIPS 56341)
  Location: 43.40431 N, 76.12894 W
  Population (1990): 473 (181 housing units)
  Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 13131

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "parish":
   Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, assembly,
   bailiwick, bishopric, borough, brethren, canton, churchgoers, city,
   class, commune, conference, congregation, congressional district,
   constablewick, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy,
   electoral district, electorate, flock, fold, government, hamlet,
   hundred, laity, laymen, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area,
   minyan, nonclerics, nonordained persons, oblast, okrug,
   parishioners, people, precinct, principality, province, region,
   riding, seculars, see, sheep, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire,
   shrievalty, society, soke, stake, state, synod, territory, town,
   township, village, wapentake, ward