parishes is a form of:

Parish



noun
1.
(a district under a priest; a subdivision of a county, the people or members of a pans, a local church and its area of activity) church parish ជើងវត្ដ, ជើងវិហារ civil parish ខណ្ឌ, ស្រុក (ដូចនៅក្នុងរដ្ឋល្វីហ្សីយ៉ាណា)
2.
តំបន់ជើងវត្ត, ខណ្ឌ, ស្រុក
  • parish council
    - ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាភូមិឃុំ
  • parish meeting
    - កិច្ចប្រជុំរបស់តំណាងអ្នកបោះឆ្នោត
  • parish pump politics
    - នយោបាយមូលដ្ឋាន
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
2.
The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
3.
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.
4.
In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
adjective
1.
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.