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Definition of Parishioners
1. parishioner [n] - See also: parishioner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parishioners
Literary usage of Parishioners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1884)
"parishioners have many kinds of rights connected with their parish churches ;
rights in relation to baptism, marriage, and the burial service ; rights in ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1844)
"As a practical religious work, Dr. Flint's " Present to his Young parishioners,"
and to the public, has value, and will exert a good influence. ..."
3. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms by Charles Buck (1831)
"Their business is to look to the church, church-yard, and to observe tiic behaviour
of the parishioners ; to levy a shilling forfeiture on all such as do ..."
4. The Jamaica Movement: For Promoting the Enforcement of the Slave-trade by David Turnbull (1850)
"We, therefore, request your Honour will convene a meeting of the parishioners,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the above important question, ..."
5. Wessex by Clive Holland (1906)
"... when a question arose as to whether the children of the townspeople should be
baptized in a new font erected by certain parishioners in the parish ..."
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