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https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/05/16/nottoway-plantation-burns-antebellum-louisiana

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Louisiana's usage of the term "parish" for a geographic region or local government dates back to the French colonial and Spanish colonial periods and is connected to ecclesiastical parishes.

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[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it means "geographical region" in this context because we are not in French and Spanish colonial times... It is not religious any more.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The origin of the word 'county' is:

The term is derived from the Old French comté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or, in his stead, a viscount (vicomte).

It no longer has anything to do with feudalism, just like parish has nothing to do with religion anymore.