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parochia.

parish; ecclesiastical district;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. parish (ecclesiastical district)

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “sojourning in a foreign land, residency in a foreign land without citizenship > community of sojourners > Christian community under a presbyter > parish”), from πάροικος (pároikos, “dwelling beside, neighbouring; foreign”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). The spelling parochia was influenced by the earlier borrowing parochus (“purveyor of necessities to visiting magistrates”), from Ancient Greek πάροχος (párokhos).

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