parishioner

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /pəˈrɪʃənər/ UK /pəˈrɪʃənə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a member or inhabitant of a church parish

The vicar greeted each parishioner at the chapel door.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a member or inhabitant of a... congregantchurchgoercommunicantworshipper

Word family

Related forms parish parochial

Etymology

From Middle English parisshen 'parishioner' (from Old French paroissien) with the addition of -er; ultimately from Late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia 'sojourning, neighborhood', from para 'beside' + oikos 'house'.

paroissien Old French paroikía Ancient Greek

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# parishioner

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pəˈrɪʃənər/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈrɪʃənə/

## Meanings
1. a member or inhabitant of a church parish

## Examples
- The vicar greeted each parishioner at the chapel door.

## Synonyms
- congregant
- churchgoer
- communicant
- worshipper

## Related Forms
- parish
- parochial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: paroissien
- Root: paroikía

## Etymology
From Middle English parisshen 'parishioner' (from Old French paroissien) with the addition of -er; ultimately from Late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia 'sojourning, neighborhood', from para 'beside' + oikos 'house'.

## AI Etymology
Parishioner is from Middle English parisshen 'parishioner' (from Old French paroissien) with the addition of -er; ultimately from Late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia 'sojourning, neighborhood', from para 'beside' + oikos 'house'. Important recorded forms include paroissien (Old French) and paroikía (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a member or inhabitant of a church parish. The wider family includes related words such as parish and parochial.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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