parishioner

«parishioner» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who lives in a parish or belongs to its church — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a parishioner, parishioners)

meaning for a pupil

(church) A parishioner is a person who lives in a parish or belongs to its church. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church life: the vicar or priest visits parishioners; parishioners help with the church fete, flowers and food bank. It tells the reader about the members of a local church community.

examples

• The priest greeted every parishioner at the door. tree →
• Parishioners decorated the church for the harvest festival. tree →
• Many parishioners came to the carol service. tree →
• Mrs O'Brien is a parishioner who arranges the flowers. tree →
• The vicar visits sick parishioners at home. tree →
• Parishioners raised money to fix the church roof. tree →

note

From «parish», the area served by one church and priest. Said pa-RISH-uh-ner.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «parishioner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.