parishioner

[puh-rish-uh-ner]

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noun

one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.

Origin of parishioner

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

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

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Related Words for parishioner

church, parishioner, throng, crowd, parish, gathering, audience, flock, dilettante, outsider, proselyte, secular, novice, recruit, believer, member, follower, neophyte, community, fold

Examples from the Web for parishioner

Contemporary Examples of parishioner

A parishioner who is a doctor then informed the police that Freed was beyond medical help.
As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder
Michael Daly
January 3, 2014

Historical Examples of parishioner

Some time after, he applied to a parishioner to lend him twenty pounds.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;
Various
You must remember that my father is a parishioner of Mr. Swancourt's.'
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Thomas Hardy
Isn't it our business if he breaks his word with a parishioner of ours?
The Hero
William Somerset Maugham
The utterance stayed in the parishioner's soul, sounding solemnly on.
To My Younger Brethren
Handley C. G. Moule
If a parishioner dying in the small-pox sent to you, would you not go?
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
W. M. Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for parishioner

parishioner

noun

a member of a particular parish

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Word Origin and History for parishioner

mid-15c., with -er (1), from earlier parishen "parishioner" (c.1200), from Old French paroissien, parochien, from paroisse (see parish). Doublet form parochian was obsolete by 1700.