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Parish:
A group of people of a certain area who are gathered into a self-supporting church (as opposed to a mission church). The priest in charge of a parish is called a rector.
Sometimes it also refers to a geographical region. Counties in several southern states were based on parishes (the term is still used for counties in Louisiana).
Parish House:
A building other than the church proper where the educational, social work, or other church activities are conducted.
Parish Register:
The official record book of a church in which all baptisms, confirmations, burials, and marriages are recorded.
Province:
In the Episcopal Church, this is a group of dioceses in a particular region of the United States. Provinces are usually under the direction of a diocesan bishop who serves as president of the province. This is primarily an organizational or administrative division; for most church members, the division into provinces is not very meaningful.
The term is also used across the Anglican Communion. Most national churches in the Communion are subdivided into provinces (e.g., the nine provinces of ECUSA, the four provinces of the Church of Canada); some are not, with the result that the church in its entirety is referred to as a province.
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