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parishioner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun parishioner has 1 sense
- parishioner(n = noun.person) Array - a member of a parish; Array is a member of parish
is a kind of church member, churchgoer
CIDE DICTIONARY
parishioner, n. [F. paroissien, LL. parochianus.].
One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
parishioner, n. an inhabitant of a parish.
Etymology
obs. parishen f. ME f. OF parossien, formed as PARISH
ROGET THESAURUS
parishioner
Laity
N laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, people, society, temporality, secularization, layman, civilian, parishioner, catechumen, secularist, secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.
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