parochia

Latin

Alternative forms

• paroecia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “sojourning in a foreign land, residency in a foreign land without citizenship > community of sojourners > Christian community under a presbyter > parish”), from πάροικος (pároikos, “dwelling beside, neighbouring; foreign”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). The spelling parochia was influenced by the earlier borrowing parochus (“purveyor of necessities to visiting magistrates”), from Ancient Greek πάροχος (párokhos).

Noun

parochia f (genitive parochiae); first declension

1. (Christianity) parish (ecclesiastical district)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	parochia	parochiae
genitive	parochiae	parochiārum
dative	parochiae	parochiīs
accusative	parochiam	parochiās
ablative	parochiā	parochiīs
vocative	parochia	parochiae

Descendants

• Catalan: parròquia
• Galician: parroquia
• Italian: parrocchia
• Old French: paroisse
  • Middle French: paroisse
    • French: paroisse
  • Norman: pâraîsse
  • → Middle English: parisshe
    • English: parish
    • Scots: pairish
    • Yola: parieshe, pariesh, paryshe
• Portuguese: paróquia
• Romanian: parohie
• Spanish: parroquia
  • → Cebuano: parokya
• → Middle Dutch: prochie
  • Dutch: parochie
    • → Indonesian: paroki
• → Old High German: pharra, *parra
  • Middle High German: parre
    • German: Pfarre
      • → Lower Sorbian: fara
    • Luxembourgish: Par
• → Old Polish: parochia
  • Polish: parafia
• → Esperanto: paroĥo

References

• “paroecia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "parochia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

parochia f (plural parochias)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of paróquia
   • 1932 February 26, “1º anniversario da Parochia de São Sebastião do Barreto [1st anniversary of the Parish of São Sebastião do Barreto]”, in Jornal do Brasil, volume XLII, number 48, Rio de Janeiro, page 12:

     Festejando o primeiro anniversario da parochia de S. Sebastião do Barreto, em Nitheroy, a L. Catholica Jesus, Maria José, da mesma parochia, promoveu a ida áquella capital da Liga Catholica da Egreja de Santo Affonso, do Rio.

     Celebrating the first anniversary of the parish of St. Sebastião do Barreto, in Niterói, the Jesus, Maria José Catholic League, of the same parish, encouraged the Catholic League of the Church of Santo Affonso, from Rio, to go to that capital.