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Sentence Examples The stores were locate throughout 18 of the 36 Delta counties or parishes in the 3-state partnership. Most African Americans in the cotton parishes worked as sharecroppers or tenants, closely supervised by plantation owners or managers. For hundreds of years, the Isle of Man has been divided into six sheadings, which in turn were subdivided into seventeen parishes. The need of this division, according to Young, was to give three parishes to each of the newly formed southern sheadings in the 14th Century. As well as sheadings, the island was sectioned into 17 parishes, each having a patron saint from which it got its name. Indeed, dioceses, parishes, and individuals should be more free to follow their consciences. It will be nice to see a good attendance showing support for this bunch of young fellows who have brought honour and glory to their parishes. The number of parishes and monasteries has grown substantially with the restoration of religious freedom. Ita was the local midwife and delivered many a home birth before the Maternity Hospital era in rural parishes. He is supporting rural parishes and helping others to understand and help the present farming crisis. In addition, the new Act created a commission to supervise the establishment of unions of parishes in England and Wales. Priests and representatives representing eight parishes in the Kildare deanery were in attendance. But the vicar, whose former parishes include Rochdale and Ashton under Lyne, did not let the incident put him off his marathon ride. Female curates are acceptable in many parishes but not as vicars and that has to change. Some rural parishes might be of the opinion that that situation already exists. But you have to understand, inside the parishes of Louisiana, most of those city governments were victims. In these situations, non-ordained men, but mainly women, administer parishes. Each diocese was then divided into parishes, with each parish containing just one church. At the height of the controversy, as many as 400 parishes were federated together to contest unfair tithe assessments. There's a strange phenomenon taking place in sizeable town parishes in rural Ireland. Show More Sentences The country of Luxembourg is covered by one diocese that contains 13 deaneries and 265 parishes in total. Pastors have seen entire parishes change simply by teaching their people to give their lives to Jesus each morning and each night. Nearly 75 out of 200 theology majors at Notre Dame serve as catechists in local parishes. More than 12 million people live in the 125 counties and parishes that border the Mississippi. This often requires parents to support two parishes, their own Chaldean church and the parish in which their children attend school. We have many women in high positions in the Church especially working in parishes. In the mainline churches, certain parishes have refused pastoral care to victims and their families. Extra chairs had to be carried in from the churchwarden's house to accommodate visitors from neighbouring parishes. He said that in all of the parishes there was a high proportion of dependency on small scale farm business. The dissident priests and parishes are opposed to the church's blessing of same-sex unions. This group of young lads are to be congratulated on bringing honour and glory to their parishes. The report accuses the church of allowing white parishes and parishioners to be favoured at the expense of their black brothers and sisters. For example, we employ a full-time abstractor whose services include preparation of abstracts of title in many Louisiana parishes. One of Abuna Yesehaq's last acts was to accept a number of Western Rite parishes under his patronage. The great majority inhabited 40,000 rural communities or parishes with an average of about 600 residents. Missing from the acquittances are the parishes on the west of the county in Wigmore, Huntington and Ewias Lacy hundreds, including Leominster. Miss Tringham, who held the advowson of Chobham then became the advowson holder of both parishes. Nothing has been said about what would become of parishes, clergy, or dioceses in a church which walks apart. Ministers used to be appointed to their parishes for life unless they committed a grave sin which brought their office into disrepute. In the North Wiltshire deanery, Mr Oram explained that many of the smaller parishes will have to be amalgamated. Show More Sentences It has been estimated that two-thirds of parishes had a pluralist incumbent at some point during that period. Alford provided a listing of floristic surveys for counties in Mississippi and parishes in Louisiana. Hurling supporters in neighbouring parishes are scouring local GAA officials in the hope of getting a ticket to the September 12 Final. He told me that he has established 42 parishes but can find only 17 clergy to staff them, only one of whom is a Yakut. Part of the answer, in short, is found in the array of lay ministries that are integral to most thriving parishes. This book is intended primarily for lay study groups in Episcopal parishes and Lutheran congregations. Some of our parishes are dull little affairs presided over by a fearful clergy and laity. Both families still reside in their respective parishes and are dedicated football followers. Cemetery managers, like parishes, have inherited an unenviable legacy from past generations. Eventually the Sicilians founded their own parishes, where they could practice their faith as they chose. I know that some of the folks in outlying parishes here in Louisiana are wondering whether or not people are paying attention to them. An unfair apportionment limited upcountry representation in the legislature and gave the parishes more power than their population warranted. Veronica is an ardent supporter of community action in the parishes of Kilfian and Moygownagh. This moved away from the British idea of counties and parishes as the territorial units of local government. The parishes that object to the motion are accusing the church of acting schismatically and essentially of having contravened canon law. And by the way, our viewers should know that parishes are the equivalent of counties in the other 49 states. The Marlborough community area comprises 26 parishes in the north east of the Kennet district. Euro opponents are being urged to force local votes in parishes or towns on the issue by the Campaign Alliance for Referendums in Parishes. The secular clergy from nearby parishes recruited maidens from needy or troubled homes. African Americans represent the third racial-ethnic group present in parishes, constituting 2.43 percent of average parish membership. Show More Sentences The conference sought support for the creation of a new network of parishes within the church. The species is reported in east central Arkansas and in several parishes of northern Louisiana. The organizational structure of parishes and dioceses is not a divine formula. Would it be better to have a team of priests in a central house serving a group of parishes? I know much of the country is focused on New Orleans, Louisiana, but parishes outside of New Orleans have been ruined. The bishops should also seriously consider individual school boards in parishes where pastors do not have the time or the interest to commit to the local school. Several parishes within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty have expressed an interest in having a modern version of the lengthsman working in their areas. I was a townie and it shows me getting to know rural parishes. The rural dean is appointed by the bishop to act as a channel of communication between himself and the clergy of the parishes which make up his deanery. For instance, Linacre, the personal physician of Henry VIII, had the been rector of four parishes, a canon at three cathedrals and precentor at York Minster. And, they add, it would recognise that the Church is gravitating away from the ailing parishes and empty pews of Europe to focus on vibrant congregations to the south. If one out of ten English parishes were unattended to by ministers of the Establishment, nine out of ten souls in the islands were not served at all by its clergy. Detroit was one of the first dioceses to close parishes on a large scale. Parish churches were established with three in each of the six sheadings, and within the parishes the taxation districts or treens were established. We hope this service will help unite the local parishes into a cohesive unit speaking with one voice, something that is sadly lacking over the years. Local parishes across the country have raised funds to rebuild and restore churches destroyed by the Soviets, with some support from the Moscow patriarchate. Six Colorado parishes have left the church to join the Anglican Mission in America, the organization headed by the two bishops ordained in Singapore. In bright sunshine, thousands of churchgoers from parishes across Manchester and Salford mingled with Bank Holiday crowds to enjoy a tradition dating back two centuries. As had always been the case, the authority to decide who would or would not receive aid lay with the most powerful people in Louisiana's towns and parishes. The eldest son is the rector of four conjoined parishes nearby. Show More Sentences Other parishes had to apply to him for certificates for marriage. Further work is needed to document its presence or absence in most northern Louisiana parishes, although it to be expected infrequently in that region. We've had new evacuations for some of the southern parishes in Louisiana. These banns could easily involve parishes outside the diocese. Street cleaning, and some environmental functions, could be devolved to communities, parishes, the third sector and new neighbourhood enterprises, where appropriate. Eventually, that somewhat democratic procedure was restricted to the pastors of Roman parishes and the heads of the city's seven diaconal stations. Well, you mentioned that second book of mine about the parishes. The 40,000 new communes, usually the same as the old parishes, served as the base for a nested hierarchy of cantons, districts, and eighty-three departments. The Carlisle diocese has started its search for a part-time vicar to fill some of the duties of the Reverend Harry Brown at one of two small parishes near Kendal. On visitations they spoke mainly to priests, who almost invariably assured them that all was well, and to local notables holding administrative office in parishes. A questionnaire was sent to parishes across the world to develop the agenda. Still, when properly led by a personally secure, sensitive, and open pastor, parishes generate levels of enthusiasm and commitment seldom matched in human community. To bring our parish in line with other parishes in our deanery all anniversary Masses for the week will be celebrated together at 7.30 pm on Friday evenings only. The duties of the post include regular meetings of the clergy of the 12 parishes in the deanery and advising and helping churchwardens of parishes without a parish priest. The five dioceses of Galicia are divided among 163 districts and 3,792 parishes. Jamaica is divided into 14 parishes, which are grouped into three historic counties that have no administrative relevance. Thomas are in the middle of the country and are the only parishes without coastlines. In many parishes of the Anglican Communion the Eucharist is celebrated every Sunday, having replaced Morning Prayer as the principal service. The nature of the liturgy varies according to the theological tradition of the priests, parishes, dioceses and regional churches. In 2007, the Anglican Church counted 545,957 members on parish rolls in 2792 congregations, organised into 1676 parishes. Show More Sentences Differences over social issues led to the formation of the Anglican Church in North America which has over 900 parishes. Dioceses and parishes are frequently members of local ecumenical councils as well. The book's development began in the early 1980s for former Anglicans within the Anglican Use parishes. In May 2003, six of the diocese's 76 parishes received authorisation to use the rite. The assembly members are elected by the individual parishes, and the diocesan council members are elected by the assembly. The representatives sent from various parishes in and around Cochin were forced to accept the decrees read out by the Archbishop. Clergymen, who supported him also did the same thing in various other parishes on the same day. During this time, parishes will be involved in Christmas carols and the celebration of Christmas Day church services with Christmas cakes. Cyril claimed authority over the parishes of Cochin, and initially received the support of the Raja of Cochin. However, a lack of priests means that many parishes in the United States must depend on lay leaders. He also said the issue could be discussed at the local level in parishes and dioceses. The original generation of Continuing Anglican parishes in North America were located mainly in metropolitan areas. Thus, in total, the Lord Chancellor appoints clergymen in over four hundred parishes and twelve cathedral canonries. Owen further suggested that these socialistic communities might be established by individuals, parishes, counties, or other governmental units. Northampton is subdivided into suburbs, council wards, constituencies, ecclesiastical parishes, and other less formal areas. In 1900 the parishes of Woolwich, Eltham and Plumstead formed the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. The trustees could call on a portion of the statute duty from the parishes, either as labour or by a cash payment. The workhouse system evolved in the 17th century, allowing parishes to reduce the cost to ratepayers of providing poor relief. By the 1830s most parishes had at least one workhouse, but many were badly managed. The larger workhouses such as the Gressenhall House of Industry generally served a number of communities, in Gressenhall's case 50 parishes. Show More Sentences Individual parishes were formed into Poor Law Unions, each of which was to have a union workhouse. Some parishes advertised for apprenticeships, and were willing to pay any employer prepared to offer them. In 1905, the council merged with that of Windermere, and the two civil parishes merged in 1974 under the name of Windermere. In 1976 the parishes of Broughton West, Seathwaite with Dunnerdale, and Angerton were merged, creating Duddon Parish Council. See the list of places in Staffordshire, list of Staffordshire settlements by population and the List of civil parishes in Staffordshire. Outside the unparished area, there are 31 civil parishes, represented by parish councils. From 1834 these parishes were grouped into Poor Law Unions, creating areas for administration of the Poor Law. He succeeded in filling most of the Irish bishoprics but his attempts to reendow Irish parishes were sabotaged locally. Communion practices vary by denomination and even by individual parishes. The First Eucharistic Prayer, or Roman Canon, that we know and rarely hear in our Latin Rite parishes is used, all in beautiful heiratic English. As an interim supplementary book, however, it was used quite widely, although mostly in LCMS parishes and schools. Augustine, the municipality of Moura, and the parishes of Sinks and Vale de Vargo, the municipality of Serpa, Beja district is located. It would provide a lot more servers to parishes, which generally scrounge a bit for volunteers. A graduate of Wycliffe College, Toronto, he served in parishes in Lethbridge, Fort Macleod, and Brocket, Alta. After researching parishes with alternative methods of catechesis, I started making calls. Complex negotiations have centred on the arrangements where a woman bishop is appointed but traditionalist parishes reject her authority. Cameroon boasts of 24 ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 816 parishes and 3,630 pastoral centres of other kinds. Messages on the seven stations of the cross were the theme for the day and prayers were extended for three hours in some parishes. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools or structures. In recent years, its mission work has focused on assisting non-self supporting parishes. Show More Sentences By 1939, forty-four parishes and convents in the Pittsburgh diocese offered weekly novenas of their own. Lake Dridzis is situated on the Hillock of Dagda of the Latgale Highland, in Skaista and Kombulu parishes, Kraslava Region. Whether parishes choose to build parochial schools is up to them, but again it's financially daunting. Among the core parishes he has studied, a few are trying to stay au courant with the polarizing issues. It is understood married deacons could also gain responsibility to tackle the increasing number of priestless parishes. It was quite another thing for priests trained to a reticent prudentialism to implement such reform in the parishes that were their lives. In some parishes, one chalice is used, and each parishioner has the choice of either sipping from the cup or intinction. Conversely, many clergy in the parishes were Evangelicals, as a result of the revival led by John Wesley and others. On the fen edge, parishes are similarly elongated to provide access to both upland and fen. It now consists of 16 parishes, and since 1541 has formed part of the Province of York. An early festivity was Mabsant, when local parishes would celebrate the patron saint of their local church. From 1825 to 1839, Bermuda's parishes were attached to the See of Nova Scotia. The directory enables parishes to maintain accurate location, contact and event information which is shared with other websites and mobile apps. There were many disputes between the government and parishes over church property. Different individuals, groups, parishes, dioceses and provinces may identify more closely with one or the other, or some mixture of the two. Most ordained ministers in the Anglican Communion are priests, who usually work in parishes within a diocese. Priests are in charge of the spiritual life of parishes and are usually called the rector or vicar. However, in the Church of Ireland the roles are often separated and most cathedrals in the Church of England do not have associated parishes. In the Church in Wales, however, most cathedrals are parish churches and their deans are now also vicars of their parishes. The original generation of continuing parishes in the United States were found mainly in metropolitan areas. Show More Sentences In 1931, the Cheshire civil parishes of Baguley, Northenden and Northen Etchells from the south of the River Mersey were added. Below the district level, a district may be divided into several civil parishes. In addition, among the rural parishes, two share a joint parish council and two have no council but are governed by an annual parish meeting. Most parishes have an elected government known as the Police Jury, dating from the colonial days. A more limited number of parishes operate under home rule charters, electing various forms of government. The sheriffs are responsible for general law enforcement in their respective parishes. For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into counties, districts and parishes. As the number of ratepayers of some parishes grew, it became increasingly difficult to convene meetings as an open vestry. The ancient parishes diverged into two distinct systems of parishes during the 19th century. Large towns which had previously been split between civil parishes were, for the most part, eventually consolidated into one parish. The townships are therefore often nearer to each other than they are to the distant farms in their own parishes. No parish councils were formed for urban parishes, and their only function was electing guardians to the poor law unions. With the abolition of the Poor Law system in 1930, such urban parishes had virtually no function. In urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes, the parishes were simply abolished, and they became unparished areas. For example, Oxford, whilst entirely unparished in 1974, now has four civil parishes, which together cover part of its area. Alternatively several small parishes can be grouped together and share a common parish council, or even a common parish meeting. According to the Department for Communities and Local Government, in England in 2011 there were 9,946 parishes. There were also a few examples of parishes split between two or more counties, such as Todmorden, split between Lancashire and Yorkshire. Civil parish councils should not be confused with Parochial church councils which administer parishes of the Church of England. Larger parishes may be divided into parish wards, with separate elections for each ward. Show More Sentences The civil parishes were also grouped to form rural districts, which became the geographical areas of rural district councils. Civil geographical parishes continued to exist in urban districts, but did not have parish councils. Neighbourhood forums are community groups that are designated to take forward neighbourhood planning in areas without parishes. A provision of this Act is that is that civil parishes may now be established in the London boroughs. Mediaeval strip parishes reflected the diversity of land from clay farmland, through wooded slopes to downland. Thc City of Leeds is divided into 31 civil parishes and a single unparished area. Outside the unparished area there are 31 civil parishes, represented by parish councils. The councils of the civil parishes of Horsforth, Morley, Otley and Wetherby are town councils. Bradford was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1847, covering the parishes of Bradford, Horton and Manningham. The Diocese of Ely also includes the western part of Norfolk, a few parishes in Peterborough and Essex, and one in Bedfordshire. The sizes of parishes varies enormously in terms of area covered and population resident. Dioceses are divided into parishes, each with one or more priests, deacons or lay ecclesial ministers. These parishes were already in communion with Rome and use modified Anglican liturgies approved by the Holy See. They were joined by other groups and parishes of Episcopalians and some other Anglicans. Most Anglican Use parishes use the Book of Divine Worship, an adaptation of the Book of Common Prayer. The congregations were from mainstream Diocesan parishes, ethnic chaplaincies, and churches of the Polish Vicariate. Nearly every part of England is in a parish, and most parishes have an Anglican parish church, which is consecrated. Some parishes made the day a festive occasion, with public drinking and solemn processions. Other Puritans contented themselves with being able to meet freely and act on local parishes. Local government on the Isle of Man is based partly on the island's 17 ancient parishes. Show More Sentences Similar to the civil parishes in England, the lowest tier of local government in Wales are the communities. Scottish communities are the nearest equivalent to civil parishes in England. Bermuda is divided into nine parishes, which have some localities called villages, such as Flatts Village and Somerset Village. Guernsey is divided into ten administrative parishes for local government purposes. In the cases of two of the parishes, Thurso and Wick, each includes a burgh with the same name as the parish. Civil parishes are still used for some statistical purposes, and separate census figures are published for them. The administration of parishes was often given over to local monastic institutions in a process known as appropriation. In most Scottish burghs there was usually only one parish church, in contrast to English towns where churches and parishes tended to proliferate. The First Book of Discipline envisaged the establishment of reformed ministers in each of approximately 1,080 parishes. He sent out missionaries from England and ordained men from the Colonies to minister there in parishes. Rural boards, run by parishes, had only one or two schools to manage, but industrial town and city boards had many. Civil parishes in Scotland can be dated from 1845, when parochial boards were established to administer the poor law. While they originally corresponded to the parishes of the Church of Scotland, the number and boundaries of parishes soon diverged. Although civil parishes have had no administrative role since that date, they have continued to exist. According to the website of the General Register Office for Scotland, there are now 871 civil parishes. Some of the community council areas are defined in terms of civil parishes. Ruabon Grammar School provided education for boys in the parishes of both Ruabon and Erbistock for several centuries. In 1292, 48 percent of Welsh names were patronymics, and in some parishes over 70 percent. The local, rural nature of the fairs also occasioned many variations in the rules of the contests, leading to disagreements between parishes. The events focus on the members of local parishes, not tourists, but all are welcome, as sharing is one of the main principles of the festivals. Show More Sentences The parishes in the countryside did not have the means for such extravagant buildings. Firth, Orphir, Stenness and Harray lie west of Kirkwall and east of the westernmost parishes. The island was anciently divided into the parishes of North Yell, Mid Yell, and South Yell. The island is still divided into the ecclesiastical parish Mid Yell and the quoad sacra parishes North Yell and South Yell. The internal drainage was organised by levels or districts, each of which includes the fen parts of one or several parishes. All the Townlands parishes were laid out as elongated strips, to provide access to the products of fen, marsh and sea. He ordered a query sent to all parishes of the country regarding the earthquake and its effects. Holy Island was considered part of the Islandshire unit along with several mainland parishes. In 1894 parish councils were established for the civil parishes, replacing the previous parochial boards. In Evangelical Anglican parishes, the rubrics detailed in the Book of Common Prayer are sometimes considered normative. The practice of weekly communion is increasingly the norm again in most Lutheran parishes throughout the world. Having spent five years in Somerset as curate of several parishes, Charles returned to his native North Wales to marry Sarah Jones of Bala. The Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church of Scotland, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England also have parishes dedicated to him. Tresco is one of the five civil parishes of the Isles of Scilly, which are also wards. Where civil parishes exist, a ward can be coterminous with a civil parish or consist of groups of civil parishes. Southampton is divided into council wards, suburbs, constituencies, ecclesiastical parishes, and other less formal areas. During the 1890s most of these were eliminated, with parishes being exchanged between counties. The other legend concerns the disputed boundary of four parishes in East Devon which she, as Countess, was called upon to settle. Each of these villages was its own parish, but the area now occupied by Ventnor was divided between the parishes of Godshill and Newchurch. From 1835 until 1948 eleven Poor Law Unions, each catering for several parishes, took on the job. Show More Sentences In Louisiana, which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as parish seats. The study was conducted in eight purposively selected parishes out of the nineteen in Kawempe division, one of the five divisions in Kampala district. Why not position permanent deacons as leaders of priestless parishes? The dispute centres on how far the Church of England should accommodate traditionalist parishes who object to the appointment of a woman bishop in their diocese. It is also often said that this crossroads is at the point where the three parishes met, though the Ordnance Survey map confirms that this is not the case. The parish is bounded by the civil parishes of Atwick to the north, Seaton to the west, Hatfield and Mappleton to the south, and by the North Sea to the east. The present day urban area is classed as an unparished area except for the fringes which are in Stanwix Rural, Kingmoor and St Cuthbert Without parishes. The Church of England diocese of Wakefield covered parishes mainly in West Yorkshire, parts of South Yorkshire and five parishes in North Yorkshire. The ancient parish of Rochdale was a division of the hundred of Salford and one of the largest ecclesiastical parishes in England, comprising several townships. Salfordshire encompassed several parishes and townships, some of which, like Rochdale, were important market towns and centres of England's woollen trade. Its benefice is united with those of four other local parishes. The civil parishes of Kirkland and Nether Graveship were abolished in 1908 and became part of Kendal Civil Parish whose boundaries were after that the same as the borough. In lieu of a workhouse some sparsely populated parishes placed homeless paupers into rented accommodation, and provided others with relief in their own homes. The Act for the Relief of the Poor of 1601 made parishes legally responsible for the care of those within their boundaries who, through age or infirmity, were unable to work. The vestry committees evolved in ecclesiastical parishes out of the feudal system and the removal of the influence of the Church after the Reformation. On occasion REC clergy have served in FCE parishes and vice versa. As of 2016, it reports 108 parishes and missions in the United States and three in Canada, and also has churches in Croatia, Cuba, Germany, and Serbia. Some of the parishes have youth activities of various kinds. Branches have now been established in the parishes for quick assessments and response, but it took weeks to get the Coast Guard to buy off on the idea. A system of parishes was established throughout Bermuda, the parishes being both religious divisions, each centred on a parish church, and political ones. Show More Sentences On the other side, if the monarch were appointed by God to be the governor of the church, then local parishes going their own ways on doctrine were similarly intolerable. A bishop may also call a sobor for his diocese, which again would have delegates from the clergy, monasteries and parishes of his diocese, to discuss important matters. In 1982 and 1997, the Convention reaffirmed the Church's commitment to eradicating poverty and malnutrition, and challenged parishes to increase ministries to the poor. Several conservative parishes, however, continued to use the 1928 version. Many historically Black parishes are still in existence to date. Many of these designations have become muted with time, as the passions which fired the debate have cooled and most parishes have found a happy medium or accommodation. The Liberty of Westminster, governed by the Westminster Court of Burgesses, also included St Martin in the Fields and several other parishes and places. Bishops are typically overseers, presiding over a diocese composed of many parishes, with an archbishop presiding over a province, which is a group of dioceses. The parishes are primarily entities of the Church of Sweden, but they also serve as a divisioning measure for the Swedish population registration and other statistical uses. Their stationarie obambulations about the limits of parishes. Most Welsh cottages and farmhouses had a spinning wheel, almost always operated by women, and most parishes had carders, spinners, weavers and fullers. At this time there were few parishes north of the Forth and Clyde where there was a compulsory assessment for the poor, but the English method of assessment was spreading. While in the United States, the number of Orthodox parishes is growing. Bermuda is divided into nine parishes and two incorporated municipalities. Parochial libraries attached to Anglican parishes or Nonconformist chapels in Britain emerged in the early 18th century, and prepared the way for local public libraries. These were coming to a head over the imposition of the Church rates, a local tax levied on parishes where the majority of the population were dissenters. Over time, the Benedictine, continental rule engrafted upon the monasteries and parishes of England, drawing them closer to The Continent and Rome. The Anglican Use is permitted under the United States Pastoral Provision of 1980 in several parishes of that country that have left the Episcopal Church. The already existing Anglican Use parishes in the United States, which have existed since the 1980s, formed a portion of the first American Anglican ordinariate. Thriving parishes also exist in many other UK towns and cities. Show More Sentences It includes the county of Cambridgeshire, except for much of Peterborough, and three parishes in the south which are in the diocese of Chelmsford. Nottingham was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, and at that time consisted of the parishes of St Mary, St Nicholas and St Peter. Each county or shire had a county town as its administrative centre and was divided into individual parishes that were defined along ecclesiastic boundaries. They are elected corporate bodies, have variable tax raising powers, and are responsible for areas known as civil parishes, serving in total 16 million people. The 2001 census recorded several parishes with no inhabitants. Since 1997 around 100 new civil parishes have been created, in some cases by splitting existing civil parishes, but mostly by creating new ones from unparished areas. In 2003 seven new parish councils were set up for Burton upon Trent, and in 2001 the Milton Keynes urban area became entirely parished, with ten new parishes being created. Boundaries were altered to avoid parishes being split between counties. The Act abolished vestries, set up urban districts and rural districts, and established elected civil parish councils in all rural parishes with more than 300 electors. As of 31 December 2015 there were 10,449 parishes in England. The white paper proposed that the existing prohibition on parish councils in Greater London would be abolished, and making new parishes easier to set up. Morning Prayer, for instance, is often used instead of the Holy Eucharist for Sunday worship services, although this is not necessarily true of all low church parishes. Many parishes were, in any case, reluctant to use English Bibles. Those who left their parishes in order to locate work were termed vagabonds and could be subjected to punishments, including whipping and putting at the stocks. Public opinion against the Treaty as it passed through the Scottish Parliament was voiced through petitions from shires, burghs, presbyteries and parishes. The Canadian Church currently has one archeparchy, four eparchies, 364 parishes, 174 priests, and 150 religious, as well as one inter-eparchial seminary. How unsatisfactory would have been that attempt to dispauperize the labourer, if the operation of the Act had been limited to some of the worst regulated parishes! Examples from Classical Literature Its boundary marched with that of parishes in Westmorland, Cumberland and Lancashire. The parishes in these counties were ordered to be coterminous with the bounds of the counties. In the interests of the uninfected parishes we trust that the Sanitary Inspector will deal faithfully with the Germs. The ecclesiastical parish was formed seventy years ago from the parishes of Watford and St. Albans. The number of Roman parishes, too, was reduced, and all the convents were secularized. Indeed, he had the cure of three parishes, for that of eiderdown was joined to Stogpingum. Money given by will for the apprenticeship of poor children shall be managed by incorporated towns and unincorporated parishes. There was not a hog killed within three parishes of him whereof he had not some part of the haslet and puddings. In some new parishes there are select Vestries, but by the 14 and 15 Vict., cap. This social writer has scorn, as an author should, and he wreaks it upon parishes. Find more words! 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