parochian
English
Etymology
Latin parochianus.
Adjective
parochian (comparative more parochian, superlative most parochian)
- (obsolete) parochial
- 1604, Francis Bacon, Certain Considerations touching the better pacification and Edification of the Church of England
- parochian churches
- 1604, Francis Bacon, Certain Considerations touching the better pacification and Edification of the Church of England
Noun
parochian (plural parochians)
- (obsolete) A parishioner.
- 1578, Robert Brooke, New Cases in the time of Henry VIII:
- If the Lord of a Mannor claim the Tythes of such Lands in D. to finde a Chaplain in D. and the Parochians claim them also for the same purpose , ' tis said for Law, that the Lay Court shall have jurisdiction betwixt them, and not the Spiritual Court
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References
- parochian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- anaphoric, pharaonic
Middle English
Noun
parochian
- Alternative form of parisshen