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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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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

parish council, parish house, parish pump, parish register, parishad, parishioner, parisian, parisienne, parison, parisonic, parisyllabic

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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British Dictionary definitions for parishioner

parishioner

/ (pəˈrɪʃənə) /

noun

a member of a particular parish
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for parishioner

parishioner

n.

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.

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