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parishioner

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pa⋅rish⋅ion⋅er

[puh-rish-uh-ner]
–noun
one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; earlier parishion, ME paroschian, -ien, -en < OF paroissien. See parish, -ian, -er 1


pa⋅rish⋅ion⋅er⋅ship, noun
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pa·rish·ion·er   (pə-rĭsh'ə-nər)   
n.  A member of a parish.

[Middle English, from parishon, parishioner, from Old French parochien, from parroche, parish; see parish.]
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