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e having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese.

dean. Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. Blackstone.

Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.

liffe. My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. Evelyn.

To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hope…

Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv.

or more furrows at the same time. -- Gang days, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below). -- Gang drill, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. -- Gang master, a master or employer of a gang of workmen. -- Gang plank. See Gang board (above). -- Gang…

The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14. Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More.

A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]

hase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.

er, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish. On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his installation. Ayliffe.

A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.

sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.

th part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.

ooker. You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W. Irving.

One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere. [Eng.]