seurakuntayhtymä
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]seurakunta (“parish”) + yhtymä (“group, concern, combine”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈseu̯rɑˌkuntɑˌyhtymæ/, [ˈs̠e̞u̯rɑ̝ˌkun̪t̪ɑ̝ˌyçt̪ymæ]
- Rhymes: -yhtymæ
- Hyphenation(key): seura‧kunta‧yhty‧mä
Noun
[edit]seurakuntayhtymä
- A combine of two or more parishes for running the administration and managing the property of member parishes; there are at least two ways to translate the term into English: "parish union" and using the plural form "parishes of X".
Usage notes
[edit]According to Finnish church law, the parishes of Evangelical Lutheran church belonging to the same municipality must form a seurakuntayhtymä, but larger combines are possible on voluntary basis.
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “seurakuntayhtymä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03