parish council
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Parish council — may refer to: Parish councils in England Parochial church council Parish council (US Catholic Church) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
parish council — noun A body elected to manage the affairs of a parish • • • Main Entry: ↑parish … Useful english dictionary
parish council — ► NOUN ▪ the administrative body in a civil parish … English terms dictionary
parish council — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms parish council : singular parish council plural parish councils the local government in some small areas in England … English dictionary
parish council — This term (from the Greek paroikos, meaning neighbor, and the Latin concilium, meaning meeting ) refers to the group of people who advise the pastor of a parish about matters of policy and practice; the members of a parish council, which came… … Glossary of theological terms
Parish council (US Catholic Church) — In American Roman Catholic parishes, the parish council arose after Vatican II in the new era of lay participation in parish decision making. It was a response to the Vatican II Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People (Apostolicam actuositatem,… … Wikipedia
parish council — /pærɪʃ ˈkaʊnsəl/ (say parish kownsuhl) noun a body elected to manage the affairs of a parish …
parish council — noun (in the UK) the administrative body in a civil parish … English new terms dictionary
parish council — noun (C) a group of people who are responsible for taking decisions about a small area, especially a village … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
parish council — Приходской совет … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
