parochian

English

Etymology

Latin parochianus.

Adjective

parochian (comparative more parochian, superlative most parochian)

1. (obsolete) parochial
   • 1604, Francis Bacon, Certain Considerations touching the better pacification and Edification of the Church of England:

     parochian churches

Noun

parochian (plural parochians)

1. (obsolete) A parishioner.
   • 1578, Robert Brooke, New Cases in the time of Henry VIII:

     If the Lord of a Mannor claim the Tythes of such Lands in D. to finde a Chaplain in D. and the Parochians claim them also for the same purpose , ' tis said for Law, that the Lay Court shall have jurisdiction betwixt them, and not the Spiritual Court

References

• “parochian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• anaphoric, pharaonic

Middle English

Noun

parochian

1. Alternative form of parisshen