Phrase guide

parish priest

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The main priest serving a parish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism

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History

Etymology

From Middle English parissh prest.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: пробашч (próbašč) — main priest serving a parish
  • Belarusian: ксёндз (ksjondz) — main priest serving a parish
  • Dutch: pastoor — main priest serving a parish
  • Finnish: kirkkoherra — main priest serving a parish
  • French: curé — main priest serving a parish
  • Galician: crego — main priest serving a parish
  • Galician: abade — main priest serving a parish
  • Galician: párroco — main priest serving a parish
  • Galician: cura — main priest serving a parish
  • Hungarian: plébános — main priest serving a parish
  • Ido: paroko — main priest serving a parish
  • Italian: parroco — main priest serving a parish
  • Macedonian: па́рох (pároh) — main priest serving a parish
  • Macedonian: жу́пник (žúpnik) — main priest serving a parish
  • Middle English: parissh prest — main priest serving a parish
  • Polish: proboszcz — main priest serving a parish
  • Serbo-Croatian: жу̑пнӣк — main priest serving a parish
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȗpnīk — main priest serving a parish
  • Spanish: párroco — main priest serving a parish
  • Swahili: paroko — main priest serving a parish
  • Tagalog: kura paroko — main priest serving a parish
  • Vietnamese: cha xứ — main priest serving a parish
  • Vietnamese: cha chính xứ — main priest serving a parish
  • Vietnamese: cha chánh xứ — main priest serving a parish