Word: parish
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: par
ish
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: parish
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πᾰρᾰ-
Language: grc
Decoded: para-
Meaning: beside
Affix: οἶκος
Language: grc
Decoded: oikos
Meaning: house, dwelling
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns