- Sir! Did you have a good holiday? Did you go away?
- Yes, I went to France, to Paris.
- Did you have much trouble with your French when you were there?
- No, I didn"t - but the Parisians did.
clerk n. Official performing various duties for a church.
- council n. Administrative body in a civil parish.
- n. - area having its own church and clergyman.
- (in full civil parish) local government district.
- inhabitants of a parish. [latin parochia from greek oikos dwelling]
- register n. Book recording christenings, marriages, and burials, at a parish church.
PARITY
n. - equality, equal status or pay.
- parallelism or analogy (parity of reasoning).
- equivalence of one currency with another; being at par. [latin paritas: related to *par]
PARKIN
n. Cake of ginger, oatmeal, treacle, etc. [origin uncertain]
PARLEY
—n. (pl. -s) conference of disputants, esp. To discuss peace terms etc. —v. (-leys, -leyed) (often foll. By with) hold a parley. [french parler: related to *parlance]
PARLOR
n. (brit. Parlour) 1 archaic sitting-room in a private house. 2 esp. Us shop providing specified goods or services (beauty parlour; ice-cream parlour). [anglo-french: related to *parley]
PARODY
—n. (pl. -ies) 1 humorous exaggerated imitation of an author, literary work, style, etc.
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