名詞 parish:

1. a local church community
2. the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

1. Thomas Atkins, sometime vicar of this parish
   托馬斯·阿特金斯，本牧區(qū)從前的牧師。
2. The parish priest is someone to whom people can turn in difficult times.
   牧區(qū)牧師是人們在困難時可以求助的人。
3. They go to the parish church every week.
   他們每周都去教區(qū)的教堂。
4. Don't worry about the printing; that's my parish.
   別擔心打印的事，那是我的工作范圍。

par.ish

n.Abbr. par.（名詞）縮寫 par.

An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church in the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and some other churches.
本堂區(qū)，牧區(qū)：教區(qū)的一個在圣公會、羅馬天主教和其它宗教有自己的教堂的行政區(qū)域
The members of such a parish; a religious community attending one church.
堂區(qū)的教徒：這種堂區(qū)的成員；進入某一教堂的宗教團體
A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.
行政堂區(qū)：英國鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)的一個通常與教會的堂區(qū)劃界相一致的政治劃區(qū)
An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other U.S. states.
堂區(qū)：美國路易斯安那州的一個相當于美國其它州的縣的劃區(qū)

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French parroche
源自 古法語 parroche
from Late Latin parochia [diocese]
源自 后期拉丁語 parochia [教區(qū)]
alteration of paroecia
paroecia的變化
from Late Greek paroikia
源自 后期希臘語 paroikia
from Greek [a sojourning]
源自 希臘語 [逗留，旅居]
from paroikos [neighboring, neighbor, sojourner]
源自 paroikos [鄰近區(qū)域，鄰居，旅居者]
para- [near] * see para-
para- [在…附近] *參見 para-
oikos [house] * see weik-
oikos [房子，房屋] *參見 weik-