Middle English Dictionary Entry
parish(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | parish(e n. Also pariȝsh, pariȝs, paris(se, parich(e, paresh(e, pares, parech(e, parashe, parach, parosh(e, paroch(e, paros(se, paroish, perishe, pereshe & parshe, parche, parshȝ, pershe & (error) parehce. |
| Etymology | OF paroisse, parroche, perrosche, pareise, paraisse. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A parish, an ecclesiastical or civil administrative division; (b) the members of a parish; (c) ~ messe, a mass attended by members of the parish; ~ right, ~ serving, fees or service due by parishioners to their parish church; ~ stepel, the steeple of the parish church; ~ chirche, ~ clerk, ~ prest, q.v.; (d) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.60].
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 SLeg.Bridget(2) (Corp-C 145)102 : Þer is ȝute a churche of sein Bride, And a gret parisse in hure name þat lasteþ longe & wide.
- a1350 Ne mai no lewed (Hrl 2253)41 : Somenours..eueruch a parosshe..polkeþ in pyne and clastreþ wyþ heore colle.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)42/11 : Symonye..is ine ham þet be yefþes oþer be behotinges oþer be biddinges dreduolle oþer be seruise naȝt clene yeueþ þe prouendres and þe parosses oþer oþre benefices of holy cherche.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.89 : Denys..to deled parisches [vrr. parsches, paryshes; Higd.(2): paresches; L parochias] and chirche hawes and assigned to everich a preost.
- (1387) Will in Bk.Lond.E.209/16 : Y be-quethe x s. to the most nedful men & women þat ben in the parche of our lady of abbechirch.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.449 : In al the parisshe [vr. parich] wyf ne was ther noon That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.491,494 : Wyd was his parisshe and houses fer asonder, But he ne lafte nat for reyn ne thonder..to visite The ferreste in his parisshe muche and lite.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3341 : Absolon..Goth with a sencer on the haliday Sensynge the wyues of the parisshe faste.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29501 : If þou did a sin Anoþer preistes paroch in, Þat preist thoru resun o þi plight Mai curs þe þan.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.79 : Þe parissh prest & þe pardoner parte þe siluer Þat þe pore peple of þe parissh shulde haue.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 222 : Itm, y wil and ordeyne þat þer be deled amonge þe pourest men of þe parissh of Bed Assheton and Aston opon Quarant Beyngroue and Craston c s.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)47b/b : Parochia: a parysshe.
- (1425) RParl.4.290b : In many parties of Engelond, insuffycyantz Paraches now in late days, for lake of Parsons and Prestes to do devynes Services and Sacramentz.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.26/4 : He came yn-to the parissh of Seynt Giles of Londone.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)780 : He sowith þe seed whech Crist broutȝ fro heuene To euery puple to euery parisch and route.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)384 : Paros, or parysche [Win: parych]: Parochia.
- (1442) RParl.5.37b : The seid Collectours..sursease of eny levy to make, of eny suche Towne, Citee, Burgh, Parisshe, or Warde, as for the somme so certefied to be discharged.
- (1450) Paston (Gairdner)2.121 : The seid Duke..in youre citee of London, in the parich of Sepulcr, in the ward of Faringdon..councelled..enemys to you, Soverayne Lord..to leve, reise and make open werr ayenst you.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)132 : Women of the same parissh come owte with stonys and canell dong ande there made an ende of hym.
- c1450 Yk.BPrayer(2) (Yk-M 16.M.4)71/14 : We salle make a speciall prayer..for all þaes þat ar seik in þis parych.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.18/29 : Your howseholde, and all them of your paryssis..ffree faculte to berye we graunt to yow.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)73 : He departed the cite of Rome into divers parches, and ordeyned cherchis and cymeteries and prestis for to serve.
- (1464) RParl.5.542a : Provided..that this..nor eny othir Acte..be prejudiciall..to..a Graunte..of alle the Landis..in the paroche of Cleobury.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)491 : The body of Criste was borne thro that peresche in procession.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)427 : Appropring of chirchis..soweþ symonye & lesingis..& þe fend haþ an entre to ouercome helples men, as ben men of siche pariȝschis.
- a1500 Lady Prioress (Hrl 78)p.108 : There wooyd a young knyght, a fresse lord and a fayer, And a parson of a paryche.
- -?-(1449) Instrum.St.Mary in Archaeol.13199 : A pece of voide grounde lying in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene in Milkstrete of London, on the west side of the same strete was comonly named and called the Chirche-yard of Saint Mary Magdalene Chirche in Milkstrete.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1845 : Ech preost somonede is paroche [Hrl: parosche; Corp-C: parissens].
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)101 : And thus shal al the parish for lac of lore spille.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3881 : Alle þe parshe, boþe olde and ȝonge, Parseyued and say þat clyppynge, And how þe crucyfyx hym kyste.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.211 : Þe parshe [vrr. parishe, paresche, parissh, parsche] prayeþ for me on sonedays.
- (1426) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.65 : He made a wylle..and openly on an halyday, in the Cherche of Asshdon, in the pulpet be for the paryssh, he dede the Person rede it.
- (1433) EEWills95/10 : Y beguethe..alle the meuable Catell of bestall thet y haue in Sussex in the parehce [read: pareche] of Perpoynthurst to the chirche werkes ther.
- (1446-7) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 484 : Yreseived of the parasche to the sepulcur, clare xviij s. v d.
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1213 : W. Bates..by the assent of the Parish servyth for Witsonday.
- (1449) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 876,77 : It. we reseyved of halle of ye parche at Kyrstemas xiii s. vi d..we reseyved at estyr of halle ye parsche x s. vi d.
- a1450 Form Excom.(1) (Cld A.2)60 : Þe grete sentens..foure tymes in þe ȝere Þou schalte pronownce with-owtyn lette, Whan þe parich is togydur mette.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxlvi : Þe pariche getiþ þere no masse ne sacramentis.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)418 : Þey harmen hem silf & þer pariȝs & oþer pupple þat is aboute hem.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)455 : Prest & viker & persoun, official, erchedekene, & bischop, wiþ many men bitwixe hem ben ful chargious to þe pariȝs.
c
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)8/36 : Þe seuen psalmes seiþ..wiþ þe Letany..whan þe preestes done parisch Messe.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.57/18 : Moony stryves were i-meved afore Jugges fro þe pope Delegate..vppon þe tithis of corne and heye of half j hide of þe prior..in Thumele with þe obuencions, offrynges, small tithis, and parishe servyng of þere men þere levyng.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.63/8 : Þe tithis of þe hey of þe forsaide medes to be i-paied for parish ryȝght for euer to þabbot and Couent of Oseneye.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.74/9 : The chanons..haue igrauntid also þat þere seruantes in þe forsaide Milles parisshe ryȝghtes to þe church..doo, as þey haue i-woned and ofte.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.137/19 : We haue i-cited Drue, person of þe church of more Tywe..vppon the tithis and all parisch ryȝght þe which þe same Drue..whas i-woned to take within the Bondes of theme of Barton.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)324/7 : Þei sholde not chalenge no parisshe ryht of þe churche of piriton.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)12 : Bring your markis to gidre that the parissh steple be owte by est the abbey of Seint Hosies.
d
- (1301) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)388 : Whiteparosse.
- (1305) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)388 : Whiteperesshe.
- (1324) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)388 : Whiteparisshe.
- (1414) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)388 : Whiteparoch.