Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A member of a parish.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An inhabitant or member of a parish; especially, one who attends or is a member of a parish church; a member of a parish,in any sense.Seeparish.
Wiktionary
- n. A member of a parish.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of a parish
Etymologies
- Middle English, from parishon, parishioner, from Old French parochien, from parroche, parish; see parish. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In a September 11 article in the leading French newspaper Le Monde, titled "Sarah Palin, a funny kind of parishioner" (Sarah Palin, une drôle de paroisienne) sociologist Yannick Fer gives a competent overview of the Charismatic movement to which Palin belongs, but his conclusion is widely off the mark:”
Scott Atran: Religion in America: Why Many Democrats and Europeans Don't Get It
“All the Goys are ganging up on what Jon Snow called his 'parishioner'.”
“This Henderson had, I believe, read The Nether World, or one of the books dealing with the kind of parishioner with whom he was acquainted, and had written to Gissing.”
The Private Life of Henry Maitland
“The Rev. Kevin Farmer said Wood was "the kind of parishioner I would wish for.”
“After Mass at Holy Family Catholic Community Church, the Rev. Kevin Farmer said Francis Billotti Wood was "the kind of parishioner I would wish for.”
“Dahm makes a few phone calls on behalf of Silvia, a parishioner whose husband is being held in a suburban jail after having been arrested for allegedly possessing a shotgun.”
““God is the same no matter where you go,” agrees another elderly white parishioner, who describes himself as “very contented” at St. Frances of Rome.”
““The local UCC church is booming because kids like going there,” explains a Trinity parishioner.”
“Another parishioner describes St. Pius as “a common point in the Hispanic community,” and a place where the culture immigrant Mexicans have had to leave behind is nurtured and preserved: “This parish is Mexican, and it reminds you of your Spanish-speaking country.””
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