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pronoun greek

păroecĭa

fem. and · neut. corrupted · gender feminine
= παροικία
an ecclesiastical district; a parish •
an ecclesiastical district, a parish: castellum ad paroeciam Hipponensis Ecclesiae pertinebat, Aug. Ep. 261; Hier. Ep. 51, n. 2: nulla in desolatis cura dioecesibus parochiisque, Sid. Ep. 7, 6 med.: tot enim Cyrus habet paroecias, Ep. Leon. 52, 4.—
the place of jurisdiction of a parish by extension •
Transf., the place of jurisdiction of a parish: per rusticas solitudo paroecias, Sid. Ep. 7, 6 (al. parochias).
Perseus ID: n33910 Key: paroecia