All 5 Uses of
parish
in
Jane Eyre
- When he is at home, he is in his own parish at Morton.†
Chpt 29 *
- I am but the incumbent of a poor country parish: my aid must be of the humblest sort.†
Chpt 29
- One reason of the distance yet observed between us was, that he was comparatively seldom at home: a large proportion of his time appeared devoted to visiting the sick and poor among the scattered population of his parish.†
Chpt 30
- Her salary will be thirty pounds a year: her house is already furnished, very simply, but sufficiently, by the kindness of a lady, Miss Oliver; the only daughter of the sole rich man in my parish — Mr. Oliver, the proprietor of a needle-factory and iron-foundry in the valley.†
Chpt 30
- St. John did not rebuke our vivacity; but he escaped from it: he was seldom in the house; his parish was large, the population scattered, and he found daily business in visiting the sick and poor in its different districts.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(parish) a local church community
or in some places including Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county