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parished

parished is the simple past and past participle of parish.

Meaning of parish

Verb

parish (third-person singular simple present parishes, present participle parishing, simple past and past participle parished)

  1. (transitive) To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
    • […] [m]akes possible, through the aid of the rural ministers, the development of the various phases of the District program, such as (a) Parishing of the District; (b) Interdenominational adjustment in the interest of rural religious advance […]1917, Annual Report of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Board of Home Missions and Church Extension, page 70
  2. (intransitive) To visit residents of a parish.
    • […] a chair immediately opposite to Tressady's place remained vacant. It was being kept for the eldest son of the house, his mother explaining carelessly to Lord Fontenoy that she believed he was "Out parishing somewhere, as usual."1896, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Sir George Tressady, volume 1, →ISBN

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Forms of parished

comparativemore parished
superlativemost parished

Words formed from parished

Questions about parished

What is parished the simple past and past participle of?
Parished is the simple past and past participle of parish.

Words near parished in the dictionary

  1. parish school
  2. parish schools
  3. parish-pump
  4. parishad
  5. parishads
  6. parished
  7. parisher
  8. parishers
  9. parishes
  10. parishing
  11. parishings

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