(spÄâ²shÉs) adj. 1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument. 2. Deceptively appealing: It is easy enough to give the old idea [of programmatic music] a specious air of modernity (Aaron Copland).
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. St. Landry Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Landry) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 83,384. The parish seat is Opelousas. The parish was created in 1807.
Most parishes are territorial parishes, which comprise all Catholics living within a defined geographic area. A parish may be joined with others in a deanery or vicariate forane and overseen by a vicar forane, also known as a dean or archpriest.Per canon 518, a bishop may also erect non-territorial parishes, or personal parishes, within his see.ll Catholics who reside in a territorial parish are considered members of that territorial parish, and all members of a community for which a personal parish has been erected are similarly members of that personal parish. Membership should not be confused with registration or worship, however.