Phrase guide

parish church

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A church that serves as the religious centre of a parish; the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Middle English parische chirche; equivalent to parish + church.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ժողովրդապետական եկեղեցի (žoġovrdapetakan ekeġecʻi) — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Bulgarian: енорийска църква (enorijska cǎrkva) — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Catalan: església parroquial — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Czech: farní kostel — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Danish: sognekirke — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Dutch: parochiekerk — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Esperanto: paroĥopreĝejo — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Estonian: kihelkonnakirik — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Finnish: seurakunta — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • French: église paroissiale — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Georgian: მრევლის ეკლესია (mrevlis eḳlesia) — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • German: Pfarrkirche — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • German: Parochialkirche — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Greek: ενοριακός ναός (enoriakós naós) — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Greek: ενοριακή εκκλησία (enoriakí ekklisía) — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Hungarian: plébániatemplom — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Irish: eaglais an pharóiste — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Italian: chiesa parrocchiale — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Italian: pieve — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Latvian: draudzes baznīca — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Lithuanian: parapinė bažnyčia — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Middle English: parische chirche — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sognekirke — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: soknekirke — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: soknekyrkje — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Polish: kościół parafialny — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Portuguese: igreja paroquial — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Romanian: biserică parohială — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Russian: приходска́я це́рковь (prixodskája cérkovʹ) — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Scottish Gaelic: eaglais pharaiste — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Serbo-Croatian: парохијска црква — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Serbo-Croatian: жупна црква — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Serbo-Croatian: parohijska crkva — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Serbo-Croatian: župna crkva — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Slovak: farský kostol — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Slovene: župnijska cirkev — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Spanish: iglesia parroquial — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Swedish: församlingskyrka — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Ukrainian: парафіяльна церква (parafijalʹna cerkva) — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish
  • Welsh: eglwys y plwyf — church that serves as the religious centre of a parish