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  • 11Parish of Raheny (Roman Catholic) — The Parish of Raheny is the modern successor in the Roman Catholic Church to an early (1152) parish, in Raheny, a district of Dublin, Ireland reputed to be a site of Christian settlement back to at least 570 AD. Today s parish, within the Howth… …

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  • 12Parish (Catholic Church) — In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish is the lowest ecclesiastical geographical subdivision: from ecclesiastical province to diocese to deanery to parish. RequirementsA parish needs two things under common law to become a parish. Firstly a body… …

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  • 13Parish — This article is about ecclesiastical administration. For the administrative or civil parish, see Parish (administrative division). For other uses, see Parish (disambiguation). St Margarete Parish Church, Berndorf, Lower Austria, surrounded by… …

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  • 14Parish of Clontarf (Roman Catholic) — Founded in the early days of Irish Christian parish structures, the Parish of Clontarf assumed in 1829 the mantle of Union Parish for a large area of north Dublin, a role previously filled by the Parish of Coolock, into which Clontarf had been… …

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  • 15Parish Church of St. Francis of Assisi — The Parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Meycauayan, Bulacan is the oldest parish in Meycauayan and is also its largest parish, with an estimated population of about 80,000 parishioners. It is also the vicarial seat of the vicariate of St. Francis… …

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  • 16parish — /par ish/, n. 1. an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy. 2. a local church with its field of activity. 3. (in Louisiana) a county. 4. the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish. 5. Curling. house (def. 20) …

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  • 17Parish of the Holy Sacrifice — The Church of the Holy Sacrifice …

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  • 18priest — n. 1) to ordain a priest 2) to defrock, unfrock a priest 3) an Anglican; Catholic; Episcopalian; Mormon; Orthodox priest 4) a high; parish priest * * * [priːst] Catholic Episcopalian Mormon Orthodox priest parish priest unfrock a priest a high …

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  • 19priest — priestless, adj. priestlike, adj., adv. /preest/, n. 1. a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings. 2. (in Christian use) a. a person ordained to the sacerdotal or pastoral office; a member of… …

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  • 20parish — noun (C) 1 the area that a priest is responsible for: a parish priest 2 BrE a small area, especially a village, that has its own local government: a parish boundary 3 the parish the people who live in a particular area, especially those who go to …

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