Synonyms for parishioner
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puh-rish-uh-ner |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈrɪʃ ə nər |
Top 10 synonyms for parishioner Other synonyms for the word parishioner
- believer
- bethel
- churchgoers
- collection
- community
- company
- confab
- dilettante
- disciples
- flock
- fold
- follower
- following
- get-together
- group
- host
- laic
- laity
- lay person
- meet
- meeting
- member
- multitude
- muster
- neophyte
- nonprofessional
- novice
- outsider
- parishioner
- parishioners
- proselyte
- public
- recruit
- secular
- sit-in
- territory
- turnout
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for parishioner
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