parish
noun
[ ˈparɪʃ ]
• (in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor.
• "a parish church"
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French paroche, from late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia ‘sojourning’, based on para- ‘beside, subsidiary’ + oikos ‘dwelling’.
