parish priestn.
/ˌparɪʃ ˈpriːst/, U.S. /ˌpɛrɪʃ ˈprist/ The priest in charge of a parish.In quot. 1318 probably as surname.
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parish priest1318
papas1591
parochian1621
curé1655
pope1662
paroecian1725
P.P.1819
parochial1853
parroco1866
rector1898
paroch1900
1318 Patent Roll, 11 Edward II 23 June (P.R.O.: C 66/149) m. 4v Robertus le Parischprest.
J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 22 (MED) Parsons and vikers and al paroche prestes Enquere diligently of thair sugettes in the lentyn tyme.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26173 (MED) Quen þou o scrift has nede, To þi pariche preist [a1400 Fairf. paresshe prest] þou þe bede.
a1450 (a1401) Chastising of God's Children (Bodl.) (1957) 140 Bi alle þese opynions þei wolde stond free, ȝeuynge obedience to no man, neiþer to pope ne to cardinal, to þe bisshop ne to the parishe prist.
1504 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 282 Who-so-euer be person, vycary, or parasche prest.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 206 The pareis preist that brutall beist.
1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 10/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) The Parish-Priest forgetteth that ever he hath been Holy-water Clark.
1740 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 76/1 Urban Grandier, the famous Parish-Priest of Loudun, sentenced to the Flames as a Conjurer.
1865 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany II. 83 The parish priest of Cronach was one of the first who married.
1944 F. O'Connor in Crab Apple Jelly 56 Except for his old-womanly fits of virtue, Whelan was all right as parish priests go.
1995 Independent 18 Oct. 18/1 We find ourselves with a two-tier system of parish priests. These are firstly the possessors of freeholds, that is vicars or rectors, and secondly those with no security at all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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