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A parish is a
By extension the term parish refers not only to the territorial entity but to the people of its community or congregation as well as to church property within it. In England this church property was technically in ownership of the parish priest
First attested in English in the late, 13th century, the word parish comes from the
As an ancient concept, the term "parish" occurs in the long-established Christian denominations:
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