Rectory vs. Parish — What's the Difference?

The house in which a parish priest or minister lives.

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church.

An Anglican rector's dwelling.

An administrative part of a diocese, especially an Anglican or Roman Catholic diocese, having its own church and a designated priest.

An Anglican rector's office and benefice.

The members of such a parish; a religious community attending one church.

The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.

A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.

The residence of an Anglican rector.

An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other US states.

The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.

In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.

A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.

The community attending that church; the members of the parish.

An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector

(US) 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.

A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.

In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.

An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.

(transitive) To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.

(intransitive) To visit residents of a parish.

That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

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.

In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.

Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.

A local church community

The local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor