(in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor (基督教)(本)堂区,牧区 [as modifier]a parish church. 本堂区教堂。 ■(亦作civil parish)(Brit.)a small country district; the smallest unit of local government, constituted only in rural areas (英)(农村的)行政堂区 ■(US)(in Louisiana) a territorial division corresponding to a county in other states (美)(路易斯安那州)(相当于县的)堂区
语源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French paroche, from late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia 'sojourning', based on para- 'beside, subsidiary' + oikos 'dwelling'