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Journey to the Center of the Earth - Verne trnsl by M - 45 chptrs
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- We soon entered into a 'pingstaoer' or parish called Ejulberg, from whose steeple twelve o'clock would have struck, if Icelandic churches were rich enough to possess clocks.†
Chpt 12 *
- They receive from the Danish Government a ridiculously small pittance, and they get from the parish the fourth part of the tithe, which does not come to sixty marks a year (about 4 pounds).†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(parish) a local church community
or in some places including Louisiana: a jurisdiction of government like a county - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)