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As a noun parish

is in the anglican, eastern orthodox and roman catholic church or certain civil government entities such as the state of louisiana, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.

As a verb parish

is (lb) to place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more es or parish can be .

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

parish

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) paroche, parosse, from (etyl) paroisse, from .

Noun

(wikipedia parish) (es)
  • In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church or certain civil government entities such as the state of Louisiana, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.}}
  • The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
  • (US) 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.
  • A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
  • An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
  • Derived terms
    * parishioner * parish church * parish register

    See also

    * parochial

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (lb) To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more es.
  • * 1917 , Annual Report of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Board of Home Missions and Church Extension, page 70:
  • * 1972 , Winter's Tales from Ireland , volume 2, page 55:
  • Father Malachy, a distant cousin, who was parished somewhere in the depths of Co. Monaghan, sat firmly in the chair in the corner, sipping his tea from a china cup.
  • * 1991', Melissa Bradley Kirkpatrick, ''Re-'''parishing the Countryside: Progressivism and Religious Interests in Rural Life Reform, 1908-1934
  • * 1992 , Parish and town councils in England: a survey , pages 17 and 21:
  • Consequently, approaching half of the non-metropolitan population of England is parished (Table 2.2).
    The South West and East Midlands are also particularly well parished' while the North West, West Midlands and South East are poorly ' parished .
  • * 2011 , Sustainable development in the Localism Bill: third report (ISBN 0215557050), page 5
  • Dr Whitehead: In your written evidence, you have all in different ways made the distinction between NDOs in parished areas and NDOs in non-parished areas,
  • To visit residents of a parish.
  • * 1896 , Mrs. Humphry Ward, Sir George Tressady , volume 1 (ISBN 3842496737):
  • a chair immediately opposite to Tressady's place remained vacant. It was being kept for the eldest son of the house, his mother explaining carelessly to Lord Fontenoy that she believed he was "Out parishing somewhere, as usual."
  • * 1903 , Maxwell Gray, Richard Rosny , page 210:
  • "You will take pleasure in parishing'. Mother used to ' parish ."
    "How do you know I like parishing ?"
    "Your uncle said so."
    "Oh! did he?"
    "And you may like the rectory people; it's a fine old house, and often full of visitors."
  • * 1921 , Margaret Pedler, The Splendid Folly , page 46:
  • "Are you going ‘parishing ’ this morning?" inquired Diana, as she watched him fill and light his pipe.
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  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)
  • false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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  • , title= A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society , section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}
  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
  • :
  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  • :
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:whose false foundation waves have swept away
  • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  • (lb) Out of tune.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You play me false .

    Anagrams

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