Meanings
nounparish church (plural parish churches)
plural parish churches
- A church that serves as the religious centre of a parish; the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.
Synonyms: parochial church
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA church that serves as the religious centre of a parish; the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.
Similar
parochial church
Origin
- Middle Englishparische chirche
- Englishparish church
From Middle English parische chirche; equivalent to parish + church.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian енорийска църква
- енорийска църква (enorijska cărkva)church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Catalan església parroquial
- església parroquialchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Czech farní kostel
- farní kostelchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Danish sognekirke
- sognekirkechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Dutch parochiekerk
- parochiekerkchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Esperanto paroĥopreĝejo
- paroĥopreĝejochurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Estonian kihelkonnakirik
- kihelkonnakirikchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Finnish seurakunta
- seurakuntachurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
French église paroissiale
- église paroissialechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
German Pfarrkirche, Parochialkirche
- Pfarrkirchechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
- Parochialkirchechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Greek ενοριακός ναός, ενοριακή εκκλησία
- ενοριακός ναός (enoriakós naós)church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
- ενοριακή εκκλησία (enoriakí ekklisía)church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Hungarian plébániatemplom
- plébániatemplomchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Irish eaglais an pharóiste
- eaglais an pharóistechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Italian chiesa parrocchiale, pieve
- chiesa parrocchialechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
- pievechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Latvian draudzes baznīca
- draudzes baznīcachurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Lithuanian parapinė bažnyčia
- parapinė bažnyčiachurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Norwegian Bokmål sognekirke, soknekirke
- sognekirkechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
- soknekirkechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Polish kościół parafialny
- kościół parafialnychurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Portuguese igreja paroquial
- igreja paroquialchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Romanian biserică parohială
- biserică parohialăchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Russian приходска́я це́рковь
- приходска́я це́рковь (prixodskája cérkovʹ)church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Scottish Gaelic eaglais pharaiste
- eaglais pharaistechurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Slovak farský kostol
- farský kostolchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Spanish iglesia parroquial
- iglesia parroquialchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Swedish församlingskyrka
- församlingskyrkachurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Ukrainian парафіяльна церква
- парафіяльна церква (parafijalʹna cerkva)church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Welsh eglwys y plwyf
- eglwys y plwyfchurch that serves as the religious centre of a parish
Cite this entry
APA
parish church. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parish%20church
MLA
“parish church.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parish%20church. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parish church,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parish%20church.
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