3 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
a local church community
or in Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county
or in Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county
- Medical Officer for the parishes of Grimpen, Thorsley, and High Barrow.Chapter 1 — Mr. Sherlock Holmes (56% in)
- A devil with merely local powers like a parish vestry would be too inconceivable a thing.Chapter 3 — The Problem (47% in)
- Sometimes he will shut up a right of way and defy the parish to make him open it.Chapter 8 — First Report of Dr. Watson (60% in)
There are no more uses of "parish" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Typical Usage
(best examples)