From Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “sojourning in a foreign land, residency in a foreign land without citizenship > community of sojourners > Christian community under a presbyter > parish”), from πάροικος (pároikos, “dwelling beside, neighbouring; foreign”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). The spelling parochia was influenced by the earlier borrowing parochus (“purveyor of necessities to visiting magistrates”), from Ancient Greek πάροχος (párokhos).
parochia f (genitive parochiae); first declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | parochia | parochiae |
| genitive | parochiae | parochiārum |
| dative | parochiae | parochiīs |
| accusative | parochiam | parochiās |
| ablative | parochiā | parochiīs |
| vocative | parochia | parochiae |
parochia f (plural parochias)