parishioner

English

Etymology

Mid 15th century, from earlier parishen (c. 1200), from Old French paroissien, parochien, from paroisse (English parish).[1] Equivalent to parish + -ian + -er.

Noun

parishioner (plural parishioners)

  1. A member of a parish.

Translations

Trivia

One of three common words containing shion, which are cushion, fashion, and parishioner.[2][3] A variant spelling of the obsolete earlier form was parishion, which gives a third historical English word ending in -shion, not simply containing it.[3]

References

  1. ↑ “parishioner” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
  2. ↑ The Word Circus: A Letter-perfect Book, by Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, 1998, p. 259
  3. 1 2 Weeds in the Garden of Words: Further Observations on the Tangled History of the English Language, Kate Burridge, 2005, p. 82, p. 184
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