What is "parishioner"

Usage examples of "parishioner".

He might be carrying a fishing-rod or a bottle of medicine for a sick parishioner, or sometimes both: his faithful Dandie Dinmont would be in attendance and perhaps one of his children walking at his side.

Nehru-jacketed parishioner to my left gasped as the same expression spread across his countenance.

He had sometimes thought of buying a small plot of land and leaving it as an inheritance to one of his parishioners on condition that a sheltered corner be reserved for his car to rest in, but there was not one parishioner whom he could trust to carry out his wish, and in any case a slow death by rust could not be avoided and perhaps a crusher at a scrapyard would be a more merciful end.

The Reverend Matthews had presided as vicar for more years than he cared to remember, and he deeply regretted the loss of a stalwart parishioner such as Mrs Wilkinson.

I stepped up to her, and asked about her concerns, for, saving as a parishioner, and a decent old woman, I knew little of her.

Simeon Stagg is here housed at the home of my old friend and esteemed parishioner, Angus Ray!

The Rectory, for all its books and bottles, its fishing-rods and curious specimens, was not a mere refuge for his own work and his own hobbies, but a centre of light and warmth where all his parishioners might come and find a welcome.

He would never have been so beloved by his parishioners, if they had not found him willing to listen as well as to advise and to instruct.

He gave a great deal of time to his parishioners, to consulting his churchwardens, to starting choirs, to managing classes and parish expeditions.

If you had paid the slightest attention to the parishioners you claim to serve, you would know that they have been fighting slander and worse from that same source for years.

Parrish had long sought evidence that would stop the attacks on his parishioners, so he asked Seabrook to listen to her story.

I must confess I am heartily sick of having to use his identity to keep my parishioners in their proper places.

As she saw him deal with the needs of his parishioners, she could not hide her pride.

The minister was often consulted by his parishioners upon spiritual matters, and was in the habit of receiving in his study visitors who came with such intent.

Kivrin remembered, and some of these parishioners definitely looked like they had spent the evening breaking fasts.