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The word Paroikia - Παροικία meaning sojourning in a foreign land comes from the ancient Greek word πάροικοσ - dwelling beside, stranger, soujourner is comprised of the prefix παρά (pará) meaning beside or near and suffix - οίκοσ (oîkos) meaning home or family. This mutated through latinisation of the Greek to the French paroisse eventually to the English word parish, or community.