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The word "parish" has its origins both in [[Scripture|Scriptural]] use and from territorial references used in the Roman Empire. The word "parish" itself is derived from the Anglo-French ''parosse'' (about 1075), later as ''paroche'' (about 1292), then in Old French ''paroisse'', and from Latin ''paroechia'' meaning a "[[diocese]]." In Greek, παρоικια παρоικία (''paroikia'') meaning "district" or "diocese," which is derived from the Greek παρά (''beside''), οικος οίκος (''house''). The Greek term παρоικιαπαρоικία, "district" or "diocese," originally meant "sojourn in a foreign land" (in the [[Septuagint]]) or "community of sojourners," with reference to the Jewish people in a foreign land, later with reference to earthly life as a temporary abode (1st century A.D.), and also in the [[New Testament]]: [[I Peter|1 Peter]] 1:17, 2:11); whence the term was applied to the "Christian community" as a whole (3rd century), then to the "diocese" (3rd century), and ultimately "parish" (4th century).