parishen
/ˈparɪʃ(ə)n/Now Scottish (chiefly literary )
noun
An ecclesiastical parish. In early use also: the members of a parish, parishioners collectively.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in William Langland (c1325–c1390), poet. Variant of parish, with unexplained ending; perhaps arising by confusion with parishen.
- underset
- undersexed
- undersheriff
- undershirt
- undershoot
- undershorts
- undershot
- undershrub
- underside
- under siege
- undersigned
- undersize
- undersized
- underskirt
- underslung
- undersoil
- undersold
- under someone's nose
- under someone's spell
- under someone's thumb
- undersow
- underspend
- understaffed
- understaffing
- understairs