Parish and Town

Parish

Parish noun - A local church community.

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Town and parish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Town" instead the word "Parish" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Word: parishioner

Town noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.

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Parish and town are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Parish" instead the word "Town" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: township, townsman

old	old parish	old town
original	original parish	original town
small	small parish	small town
entire	entire parish	entire town
Other adjectives: rural, remote, ruined, former, fictional, local.

Parish Councils have very little power normally but if they cover a small town the local district or county council may devolve certain matters to them - e.g.

Source: Useful Notes / British Political System
The Don Camillo stories (but especially the movies) portrayed the conflict between the local parish priest and the Communist mayor in a small Italian town shortly after the end of World War 2.

Source: Chummy Commies
The series was produced by Dreamscape TV.The series follows the story of Juan dela Cruz, a orphan child who was raised in a church in a town by Catholic parish priest.

Source: Series / Juan dela Cruz