- Church area - Church district - Congregation - Subdivision of a diocese - That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one
parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. - The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with
its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc. - An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by
territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite
under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also,
loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.