English Explanatory Dictionary

parish council

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The governing body of people elected to oversee management of a parish (i.e., a civil parish) and represent the interests of residents.
  2. A body of parishioners who help administer an ecclesiastical parish.

Word forms

parish council parish councils

Synonyms

town council city council community council parish assembly vestry parochial church council PCC

Related words

parochial
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