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Definition of Parishens
1. parishen [n] - See also: parishen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parishens
Literary usage of Parishens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Somerset Medieval Wills by Frederic William Weaver (1903)
"To be distributed amongst my pover parishens of St. Clements at London 26s. 8d.
To be distributed amongst my ..."
2. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"Full loth were he to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he given out of
doubte Unto his poure parishens about, Of his offering and eke of his substance ..."
3. Geoffrey Chaucer's the Prologue to the Book of the Tales of Canterbury: The by Geoffrey Chaucer (1902)
"... His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was and wonder diligent And in
... out of doute, Unto his povre parishens aboute Of his offring, ..."
4. Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England by Edward Lewes Cutts (1898)
"His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And
in adversity ful patient; And such he was y proved often ..."
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