Word of the Day - parish

parish

noun
1 (in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor.
1.1 British The smallest unit of local government, constituted only in rural areas.
1.2 US (in Louisiana) a territorial division corresponding to a county in other states.

Origin
Middle
English from Anglo-Norman French and Old French paroche, from late
Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia ‘sojourning’, based on para-
‘beside, subsidiary’ + oikos ‘dwelling’.

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Some of the population of the local parish were particularly poorish.