parishing

"Are you going 'parishing' this morning?" inquired Diana, as she watched him fill and light his pipe.

The Splendid Folly Margaret Pedler

If he somehow wins this election, I fear America will no longer be a World Stage member ..... she is parishing.

Coming Soon; The Non-US Citizen Vote For Obama 2008

"Your Pa's out a-parishing," said Letitia, bumping down the tray in front of her.

The Incomplete Amorist 1891

Hugh's affectionate heart and ready obedience gave way, and he took a solemn oath not to desert his canonry, and so went back to his parishing.

Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England 1886

It was being kept for the eldest son of the house, his mother explaining carelessly to Lord Fontenoy that she believed he was "Out parishing somewhere, as usual."

Sir George Tressady — Volume I Humphry Ward 1885