Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index P parish house: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: par'ish house" Pronunciation: [key] a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes. (esp. in the Roman Catholic Church) the residence of a cleric. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. parish parishioner ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: guilloche Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language