köken: From Middle High German gemeinde, from Old High German gemeinida, probably from Proto-Germanic (though the exact formations vary among and within the later languages), from *gamainiz (“shared, communal”) or *gamainijaną (“to share”) + *-iþō; specifically as gemein (“common”) + -de. Compare Old High German gimeinî, Hunsrik Gemeind, Luxembourgish Gemeng, Dutch gemeente, Old Saxon gimēntha…
köken: From Middle Dutch prochie, from Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek πᾰροικῐ́ᾱ (păroikĭ́ā). The a was usually syncopated in Middle Dutch, but it was restored and became increasingly common in early modern Dutch due to influence of the Latin term.
an assembly, assemblage · a parish · a congregation
çekim: çoğul församlingar · tamlayan församlings
köken: From Old Swedish forsambling, equivalent to församla + -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German vorsamlinge, vorsamelinge, Danish forsamling, Norwegian Bokmål forsamling, Norwegian Nynorsk forsamling, German Versammlung, Dutch verzameling and Afrikaans versameling.
parish (religious territorial entity; subdivision of diocese) · congregation, parish (members of the parish) · Any group of people who have gathered together.
çekim: çoğul seurakunnat · tamlayan seurakunnan
köken: seura (“group, company”) + kunta (“group, community”)
parish (the community attending a church; the members of the parish) · parsonage, vicarage, presbytery, rectory (a house provided by the church for a parson, vicar or rector)
köken: From Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”). * Via Dutch parochie (“parish”), from Middle Dutch prochie. * Via Portuguese paróquia (“parish”).
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παραφυία (paraphuía), as a Lutheran term with contamination from earlier parochia, a Catholic term. First attested in 1547.