p 3 a 1 r 1 i 1 s 1 h 4
6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a local church community
noun the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
originFrom Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant paroch, from Anglo-Norman paroche, parosse), from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0