| Main Entry: | parish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation of a church |
Synonyms: |
archdiocese, bethel, church, churchgoers, community, flock*, fold*, parishioners, territory |
| Main Entry: | church |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious institution, building |
Synonyms: |
Lord's house, abbey, basilica, bethel, cathedral, chancel, chantry, chapel, fold, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, minster, mission, mosque, oratory, parish, sacellum, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle, temple |
| Main Entry: | congregation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembled group, especially concerned with church-going |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, churchgoers, collection, company, confab, crowd, disciples, flock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, parishioners, public, sit-in, throng, turnout |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
Synonyms: |
administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
Synonyms: |
commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
| Main Entry: | local |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of a community, restricted to immediate area |
Synonyms: |
bounded, civic, confined, district, divisional, geographical, insular, legendary, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, small-town, territorial, town, vernacular |
Antonyms: |
foreign, nonnative |
| Main Entry: | neighborhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community, surroundings |
Synonyms: |
adjacency, area, block, closeness, confines, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, locality, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, section, slum, stomping ground, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinage, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo |
| Main Entry: | synagogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | church |
Synonyms: |
abbey, cathedral, chapel, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, mosque, parish, shrine, shul, tabernacle, temple |
| Main Entry: | ward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | district |
Synonyms: |
area, canton, department, diocese, division, parish, precinct, quarter, territory, zone |
| Main Entry: | laity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believers |
Synonyms: |
congregation, laymen, laypeople, laywomen, parish |