parishioner

[ puh-rish-uh-ner ]

/ pəˈrɪʃ ə nər /

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noun

one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.

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Origin of parishioner

1425–75; late Middle English; earlier parishion,Middle English paroschian, -ien, -en<Old French paroissien.See parish, -ian, -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM parishioner

pa·rish·ion·er·ship, nounnon·pa·rish·ion·er, noun

Words nearby parishioner

parish, Parishad, parish clerk, parish council, parish house, parishioner, parish pump, parish register, Parisian, Parisienne, parison

How to use parishioner in a sentence

They interrupted mass at the San Juan Cathedral, distributing condoms to mortified parishioners.
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Parents and parishioners sympathetic to Swink pushed back with their own story and a petition, noting the initial conversation between the students had become contentious with the girls using a racial slur against the boy, who is of mixed race.
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Still in the cult, but not as an employee, just as a parishioner.
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For example, a network of churches may receive a portion of the appointments for their parishioners, he said.
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Holy Rood was founded in 1832 as the burial ground for parishioners of Holy Trinity, a Catholic church 11 blocks to the south.
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He shot a grinning parishioner outside the Perfecting Church.
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A parishioner who is a doctor then informed the police that Freed was beyond medical help.
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But Darla Vogt, a former parishioner at Reeders UMC, was skeptical.
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British Dictionary definitions for parishioner

parishioner

/ (pəˈrɪʃənə) /

noun

a member of a particular parish

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