All 4 Uses of
parish
in
Wuthering Heights
- The unfortunate lad is the only one in all this parish that does not guess how he has been cheated.'†
Chpt 4 *
- As an instance, I remember Mr. Earnshaw once bought a couple of colts at the parish fair, and gave the lads each one.†
Chpt 4
- A wild, wicked slip she was — but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her.†
Chpt 5
- He bled her, and he told me to let her live on whey and water-gruel, and take care she did not throw herself downstairs or out of the window; and then he left: for he had enough to do in the parish, where two or three miles was the ordinary distance between cottage and cottage.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(parish) a local church community
or in some places including Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county