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Parish
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parish n. 1) a geographic area served by a church (particularly Catholic) originally measured by whether people living in the area could walk to the church. 2) in Louisiana, the governmental equivalent of a county.

PARISH. A district of country of different extents. In the ecclesiastical law it signified the territory committed to the charge of a parson, vicar, or other minister. Ayl. Parerg. 404; 2 Bl. Com. 112. In Louisiana, the state is divided into parishes.
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Peter Gillard, a committee member of Roath Local History Group, said: "There is a bit of a mishmash of order but I think it all stems from the ecclesiastical parish in Roath which covered a much bigger area then.
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