Antonyms for parishioner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puh-rish-uh-ner

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈrɪʃ ə nər

Definition of parishioner

Origin : mid-15c., with -er (1), from earlier parishen "parishioner" (c.1200), from Old French paroissien, parochien, from paroisse (see parish). Doublet form parochian was obsolete by 1700.

As in layperson : noun amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession
As in parish : noun congregation of a church
As in layman : noun amateur
As in congregation : noun assembled group, especially concerned with church-going

Example sentences :

Some time after, he applied to a parishioner to lend him twenty pounds.
Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various

You must remember that my father is a parishioner of Mr. Swancourt's.'
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

Isn't it our business if he breaks his word with a parishioner of ours?
Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham

The utterance stayed in the parishioner's soul, sounding solemnly on.
Extract from : « To My Younger Brethren » by Handley C. G. Moule

If a parishioner dying in the small-pox sent to you, would you not go?
Extract from : « The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. » by W. M. Thackeray

He has been telling me how you live up to your duties as neighbor and parishioner.
Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

I said, You must pay exactly the same penalty that you demanded from your parishioner.
Extract from : « Michael and His Lost Angel » by Henry Arthur Jones

After all, I'm a parishioner, and I've a right to enter the church!
Extract from : « The Quiver, Annual Volume 10/1899 » by Various

Is it strange that the parishioner respects them but little?
Extract from : « Russia: Its People and Its Literature » by Emilia Pardo Bazán

He was looking for a little girl, the daughter of a parishioner.
Extract from : « Chicago's Awful Theater Horror » by Various

Synonyms for parishioner

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