The chaplain listened sympathetically to his parishioner.
Source: tatoeba (2807080)
Parishioner
//pəˈɹɪʃənə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "parishioner" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (3)
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1 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 22 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- парафіянка noun (member of a parish)
- парафіянін noun (member of a parish)
- прыхаджанка noun (member of a parish)
- прыхаджанін noun (member of a parish)
Bulgarian
1 entries- енориаш noun (member of a parish)
Catalan
1 entries- parroquià noun (member of a parish)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 教區居民 /教区居民 noun (member of a parish)
Czech
1 entries- farník noun (member of a parish)
Danish
2 entries- sjæl noun (member of a parish)
- sognebarn noun (member of a parish)
Dutch
1 entries- parochiaan noun (member of a parish)
Esperanto
2 entries- parokano noun (member of a parish)
- paroĥano noun (member of a parish)
Finnish
1 entries- seurakuntalainen noun (member of a parish)
French
2 entries- paroissien noun (member of a parish)
- paroissienne noun (member of a parish)
Galician
2 entries- freguesa noun (member of a parish)
- fregués noun (member of a parish)
German
2 entries- Gemeindemitglied noun (member of a parish)
- Pfarrkind noun (member of a parish)
Italian
2 entries- parrocchiana noun (member of a parish)
- parrocchiano noun (member of a parish)
Middle English
1 entries- parisshen noun (member of a parish)
Norman
1 entries- pâraîssien noun (member of a parish)
Polish
2 entries- parafianin noun (member of a parish)
- parafianka noun (member of a parish)
Portuguese
4 entries- freguesa noun (member of a parish)
- freguês noun (member of a parish)
- paroquiana noun (member of a parish)
- paroquiano noun (member of a parish)
Romanian
2 entries- enoriaș noun (member of a parish)
- poporan noun (member of a parish)
Russian
2 entries- прихожа́нин noun (member of a parish)
- прихожа́нка noun (member of a parish)
Scots
1 entries- pareeshioner noun (member of a parish)
Spanish
2 entries- feligrés noun (member of a parish)
- parroquiano noun (member of a parish)
Swedish
1 entries- sockenbo noun (member of a parish)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In the evening an old woman, a former parishioner, came up to Mr. Lowder, and asked after his rheumatism, and said she hoped he got the bottle.
Source: tatoeba (11875013)
“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.
Source: wiktionary
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