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Synodal :: Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration..

Parish :: Parish (n.) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein..

Casual :: Casual (n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Glebe :: Glebe (n.) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice..

Parishional :: Parishional (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial.

Parish :: Parish (n.) 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..

Institutor :: Institutor (n.) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

Church-ale :: Church-ale (n.) A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used..

Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc..

Parochially :: Parochially (adv.) In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes..

Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish..

Perambulate :: Perambulate (v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish..

Person :: Person (n.) A parson; the parish priest.

Helper :: Helper (n.) One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish..

Pastor :: Pastor (n.) A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish..

Guild :: Guild (v. t.) A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work..

Rectory :: Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes..

Rector :: Rector (n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.

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