Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Parashah \Par"a*shah\, n.; pl. {-shoth}or {-shioth}. [Heb.
   p[=a]r[=a]sh[=a]h.]
   A lesson from the Torah, or Law, from which at least one
   section is read in the Jewish synagogue on every Sabbath and
   festival.