All 6 Uses of
parish
in
The Crucible
- PARRIS, studies her, then nods, half convinced: Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character.†
p. 11.9
- He had fought the Indians at Narragansett, and was deeply interested in parish affairs.†
p. 14.6
- A former Salem minister, George Burroughs, had had to borrow money to pay for his wife's funeral, and, since the parish was remiss in his salary, he was soon bankrupt.†
p. 14.9
- PARRIS: A wide opinion's running in the parish that the Devil may be among us, and I would satisfy them that they are wrong.
p. 27.7 *parish = a local church community
- You people seem not to comprehend that a minister is the Lord's man in the parish; a minister is not to be so lightly crossed and contradicted—†
p. 30.6
- Like almost all men of learning, he spent a good deal of his time pondering the invisible world, especially since he had himself encountered a witch in his parish not long before.†
p. 33.1
Definition:
a local church community
or in some places including Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county
or in some places including Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county