All 3 Uses of
parish
in
Northanger Abbey
- Her father had no ward, and the squire of the parish no children.†
Chpt 1 *
- The walls seemed countless in number, endless in length; a village of hot-houses seemed to arise among them, and a whole parish to be at work within the enclosure.†
Chpt 22
- I must be at Woodston on Monday to attend the parish meeting, and shall probably be obliged to stay two or three days.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(parish) a local church community
or in some places including Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county