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parochian

parochian adjective: parochial.

Adjective

parochian (comparative more parochian, superlative most parochian)

  1. (obsolete) parochial
    • parochian churches1604, Francis Bacon, Certain Considerations touching the better pacification and Edification of the Church of England

Noun

parochian (plural parochians)

  1. (obsolete) A parishioner.
    • 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 Court1578, Robert Brooke, New Cases in the time of Henry VIII

Forms of parochian

Adjective
comparativemore parochian
superlativemost parochian
Noun
pluralparochians

Origin of parochian

Latin parochianus.

Questions about parochian

What does parochian mean?
Parochian means parochial.
What part of speech is parochian?
Parochian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near parochian in the dictionary

  1. parochializes
  2. parochializing
  3. parochially
  4. parochialness
  5. parochials
  6. parochian
  7. parochians
  8. Parodi
  9. parodiable
  10. parodial
  11. parodic

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