parishioner

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English parisshoner, from earlier parisshen (c. 1200), from Old French paroissien, parochien, from paroisse (English parish). Equivalent to parish + -ian + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪʃənə(ɹ)/, /pəˈɹɪʃnə(ɹ)/

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Noun

parishioner (plural parishioners)

1. A member of a parish.
   • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     “Reverend Judith!” he announced cheerfully. “What a lovely surprise. How super to see you! What are you standing at the door for? Come in! Come in!”
     “Thank you, thank you. I do like to pop around and see as many of my parishioners as possible,” said Reverend Judith as she followed the pair into the kitchen.

Translations

member of a parish

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: прыхаджанін m (pryxadžanin), прыхаджанка f (pryxadžanka), парафіянін m (parafijanin), парафіянка f (parafijanka)
• Bulgarian: енориаш m (enoriaš)
• Catalan: parroquià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教區居民／教区居民 (jiàoqū jūmín)

• Czech: farník m
• Danish: sognebarn n, sjæl (da) c (lit. "soul")
• Dutch: parochiaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: paroĥano, parokano
• Finnish: seurakuntalainen (fi)
• French: paroissien (fr) m, paroissienne (fr) f
• Galician: fregués (gl) m, freguesa f
• German: Gemeindemitglied (de) n, Pfarrkind (de) n
• Italian: parrocchiano (it) m, parrocchiana f
• Middle English: parisshen
• Norman: pâraîssien m
• Polish: parafianin (pl) m, parafianka (pl) f
• Portuguese: freguês (pt) m, freguesa f, paroquiano (pt) m, paroquiana f
• Romanian: enoriaș (ro) m, poporan (ro) m
• Russian: прихожа́нин (ru) m (prixožánin), прихожа́нка (ru) f (prixožánka)
• Scots: pareeshioner
• Spanish: feligrés (es) m, parroquiano (es) m
• Swedish: sockenbo (sv) c
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

References

• “parishioner”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English

Noun

parishioner

1. Alternative form of parisshoner