noun in louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other states.
2. parish ·noun that circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
3. parish ·noun the same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, ·etc.
4. parish ·adj of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.
5. parish ·noun an ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.