parish vs precinct

parish

noun
  • In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area. 

  • A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish. 

  • In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. 

  • 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. 

  • The community attending that church; the members of the parish. 

  • An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states. 

verb
  • To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes. 

  • To visit residents of a parish. 

precinct

noun
  • A subdivision of a city or town for the purposes of voting and representation in city or town government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards. 

  • A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area. 

  • The general area surrounding a place, environs. 

  • A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district. 

  • An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls. 

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