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What is the noun for parishes?

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parish
  1. In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
  2. The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
  3. (US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
  4. A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
  5. An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Applications are welcome from families in the parish who have reared their own children and now may have more free time on their hands.”
      “The Bishop of Killaloe visited the parish to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation on the pupils of the local schools.”
parishing
  1. A hamlet or village associated with a local church.
parishioner
  1. A member of a parish.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “And so another parishioner and I took our Host, and broke it, and gave it to the Aboriginal girls.”
      “She was a good parishioner and the best of mothers, who raised a family in hard times and was never heard to grumble.”
      “One evening this past summer, I struck up a conversation with a fellow parishioner at a neighborhood block party.”
parishioners
  1. plural of parishioner
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The parishioners of St Bernard's Church support the work of the charity in numerous ways, including knitting woolly hats.”
      “The windows were open, so I could hear the priest say mass and ring his handbell, and hear the parishioners respond and sing.”
      “Also we ask all parishioners to be vigilant and keep a watchful eye on this amenity.”
parishings
  1. plural of parishing
parishes
  1. plural of parish
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  3. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “Miss Tringham, who held the advowson of Chobham then became the advowson holder of both parishes.”
      “For example, we employ a full-time abstractor whose services include preparation of abstracts of title in many Louisiana parishes.”
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