paroisse

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

paroisse

from Christian Latin parochia designating the territory of an ecclesiastical district, especially that of an episcopal church, a diocese (used in this sense, concurrently with dioecesis until the end of the 11th century. (5th century) in Christian Latin, in the plural, it has designated parishes, Christian communities located outside the episcopal city; hence, country churches. (late 8th century) it designates the territory of a parish church, then in the Middle Ages the whole of the parishioners.

Definitions

Synonym

cure

Plural

paroisses

Anagrams

passoirepoisseraposeraisreposais

Translations

  • germangerman:Pfarre
  • englishenglish:parish
  • spanishspanish:parroquia
  • finnishfinnish:seurakunta
  • italianitalian:parrocchia
  • dutchdutch:kerkbuurt
  • polishpolish:parafia
  • portugueseportuguese:paróquia
  • swedishswedish:socken

See also

Paroy-sur-Saulx (pn.) Paroy-sur-Tholon (pn.) paroissial (adj.) paroissien (cn.) paroissien (adj.)