how to pronounce parish

/ˈpæɹ.ɪʃ/

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parish is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of parish in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to be elected to a parish council you're …”

meaning of parish

Parish is a division of a church.

parish frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word parish occurs in english on average 39.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.