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Finnish
Etymology
seurakunta (“parish”) + yhtymä (“group, concern, combine”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseu̯rɑˌkuntɑˌyhtymæ/,
- Rhymes: -yhtymæ
- Syllabification(key): seu‧ra‧kun‧ta‧yh‧ty‧mä
Noun
seurakuntayhtymä
- A combine of two or more parishes for running the administration and managing the property of member parishes; there are at least two ways to translate the term into English: "parish union" and using the plural form "parishes of X".
Usage notes
According to Finnish church law, the parishes of Evangelical Lutheran church belonging to the same municipality must form a seurakuntayhtymä, but larger combines are possible on voluntary basis.
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