Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A member of a parish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A member of a parish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
from The 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a member of a parish
Etymologies
Examples
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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
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All the Goys are ganging up on what Jon Snow called his 'parishioner'.
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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.
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The Rev. Kevin Farmer said Wood was "the kind of parishioner I would wish for."
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It's about facilitating the relationship between the divine and the student, or "parishioner," as we Christians might say.
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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."
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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.
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“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.
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“The local UCC church is booming because kids like going there,” explains a Trinity parishioner.
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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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