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Quarter is a related term of parish.


As nouns the difference between quarter and parish

is that quarter is any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided while 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 verbs the difference between quarter and parish

is that quarter is to divide into quarters or quarter can be (obsolete) to drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels while parish is (lb) to place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more es or parish can be .

As an adjective quarter

is pertaining to an aspect of a.

quarter

English

Etymology 1

Via (etyl) quartier, from (etyl) quartarius, from quartus.

Adjective

(-) (also spelled with prefix (quarter-))
  • Pertaining to an aspect of a .
  • (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
  • * A quarter''' hour; a '''quarter''' century; a '''quarter''' note; a '''quarter pound.
  • (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
  • * A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
  • * A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
  • Derived terms
    * quarter blanket * quarter bottle * quarter century * quarter crack * quarter day * quarter final * quarter horse * quarter hour * quarter moon * quarter note * quarter pound * quarter session * quarter waiter * quarter year

    Noun

  • Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
  • (US, Canada) A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar).
  • A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year).
  • A section or area (of a town, etc.).
  • (uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent
  • * 1955 , J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King , HarperCollinsPublishers (2007), p. 1110.
  • Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair, and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter .
  • An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, p. 204.
  • One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.
  • An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
  • (historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark VI:
  • And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].
  • (heraldiccharge) A charge made up of a quarter of the shield, larger than a canton, and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
  • That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
  • ...at last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter .
  • (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
  • (obsolete) Friendship; amity; concord.
  • * Shakespeare
  • In quarter , and in terms like bride and groom.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
  • A quartermaster sergeant; a quartermaster.
  • * 1925 , (Ford Madox Ford), No More Parades'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 360:
  • Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter .
    Synonyms
    * (one of four equal parts ): fourth, fourth part, * (period of three consecutive months ): trimester * (section of a town ): borough, district, region
    Derived terms
    * fat quarter * quarterly * quarters * quarter of * quarter past * quarter to

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide into quarters.
  • To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
  • Quarter the horses in the third stable.
  • To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
  • References

    ; Adjective * "quarter" at Merriam-Webster * "quarter" in Harrap's Shorter , 2006, p. 761

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) cartayer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
  • Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering — De Quincey.
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    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.
  • *
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)