seurakuntayhtymä
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
seurakunta (“parish”) + yhtymä (“group, concern, combine”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈseu̯rɑˌkuntɑˌyhtymæ/, [ˈs̠e̞u̯rɑ̝ˌkun̪t̪ɑ̝ˌyçt̪ymæ]
- Rhymes: -yhtymæ
- Syllabification(key): seu‧ra‧kun‧ta‧yh‧ty‧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