Meanings
plural parishioners
- A member of a parish.
1 more example
“Reverend Judith!” he announced cheerfully. “What a lovely surprise. How super to see you! What are you standing at the door for? Come in! Come in!” “Thank you, thank you. I do like to pop around and see as many of my parishioners as possible,” said Reverend Judith as she followed the pair into the kitchen.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Frenchparoissien
- Middle Englishparisshoner
- Englishparishioner
From Late Middle English parisshoner, from earlier parisshen (c. 1200), from Old French paroissien, parochien, from paroisse (English parish). Equivalent to parish + -ian + -er.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian енориаш
- енориаш (enoriaš)member of a parish
Catalan parroquià
- parroquiàmember of a parish
Chinese Mandarin 教區居民 /教区居民
- 教區居民 /教区居民 (jiàoqū jūmín)member of a parish
Czech farník
- farníkmember of a parish
Danish sognebarn, sjæl
- sognebarnmember of a parish
- sjælmember of a parish
Dutch parochiaan
- parochiaanmember of a parish
Esperanto paroĥano, parokano
- paroĥanomember of a parish
- parokanomember of a parish
Finnish seurakuntalainen
- seurakuntalainenmember of a parish
French paroissien, paroissienne
- paroissienmember of a parish
- paroissiennemember of a parish
German Gemeindemitglied, Pfarrkind
- Gemeindemitgliedmember of a parish
- Pfarrkindmember of a parish
Italian parrocchiano, parrocchiana
- parrocchianomember of a parish
- parrocchianamember of a parish
Polish parafianin, parafianka
- parafianinmember of a parish
- parafiankamember of a parish
Portuguese freguês, freguesa
- freguêsmember of a parish
- freguesamember of a parish
- paroquianomember of a parish
- paroquianamember of a parish
Romanian enoriaș, poporan
- enoriașmember of a parish
- poporanmember of a parish
Russian прихожа́нин, прихожа́нка
- прихожа́нин (prixožánin)member of a parish
- прихожа́нка (prixožánka)member of a parish
Spanish feligrés, parroquiano
- feligrésmember of a parish
- parroquianomember of a parish
Swedish sockenbo
- sockenbomember of a parish
Cite this entry
parishioner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parishioner
“parishioner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parishioner. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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