(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
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[as modifier]
a parish church .本堂区教堂。
(亦作
〈英〉 (农村的)行政堂区。
〈美〉 (路易斯安那州)堂区(相当于其他州的县)。
"Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French