Parish+priest

  • 31Parish Church of St Helier — The Parish Church of St Helier is the parish church of the parish of Saint Helier, Jersey. It is one of the twelve Ancient Parish Churches of Jersey, and serves as the Island’s civic church and Pro Cathedral.HistoryDedicationHelier was a Belgian… …

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  • 32Parish of Raheny (Church of Ireland) — The Parish of Raheny is the modern successor in the Church of Ireland to an early (1152) parish, in Raheny, a district of Dublin reputed to be a site of Christian settlement back to 570. Today s parish comprises Raheny village and the wider… …

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  • 33Priest (film) — Infobox Film name = Priest caption = DVD cover director = Antonia Bird producer = George Faber Josephine Ward writer = Jimmy McGovern starring = Linus Roache Tom Wilkinson Robert Carlyle music = Andy Roberts cinematography = Fred Tammes editing …

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  • 34Priest hole — A priest hole is the term given to hiding places for priests built into many of the principal Catholic houses of England during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law in England, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I in… …

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  • 35Parish — an area under the pastoral care of a priest, himself under the jurisdiction of a bishop; the parish church was the centre of worship for the parish ♦ Generally a subdivision of a diocese; administered by a resident priest who might have other… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 36parish — In English ecclesiastical law a circuit of ground, committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. 1 Bl.Comm. 111. The precinct of a parish church, and the particular charge of a secular priest. An… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 37parish — [[t]pæ̱rɪʃ[/t]] parishes 1) N COUNT: oft N n A parish is a village or part of a town which has its own church and priest. ...the parish of St Mark s, Lakenham... Parish priests have referred to it in their sermons. ...a 13th century parish church …

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  • 38priest — noun 1 in Christianity ADJECTIVE ▪ local, parish, village (esp. BrE) ▪ celibate ▪ married ▪ woman ▪ …

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  • 39parish */*/ — UK [ˈpærɪʃ] / US [ˈperɪʃ] noun Word forms parish : singular parish plural parishes 1) a) [countable] in some Christian churches, a district that has its own church building and priest b) [singular] the people who live in a parish 2) [countable] a …

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  • 40parish — par|ish [ˈpærıʃ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: parroche, from Late Latin parochia, from Late Greek paroikos Christian , from Greek, stranger ] 1.) the area that a priest in some Christian churches is responsible for ▪ Father Doyle… …

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