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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PAREESHIONER, n. Also †parochiner, †pariochinar (Bnff. 1712 Trans. Bnff. Field Club (1891) 20). A member or inhabitant of a parish, a parishioner. Gen.Sc.Ork. 1703 A. W. Johnston Church in Ork. (1940) 67:
This day's collection being £2-08-00 which was given to Henry Ingsater a parochiner whose house was latly burnt.Inv. 1721 Scots Mag. (Aug. 1888) 182:
The Minister informed that last Lord's Day some of the Parochiners . . . had been drinking in a Change House too late.Ayr. 1735 Ayr Presb. Reg. MS. (23 July) 95:
Amounting in all beside the leading of Materials left upon the parochiners to the sum of ffive hundred and Nine pound Three shilling scots.Ayr. 1901 G. Douglas Green Shutters xx.:
A pareeshioner of mine is a lad of such brilliant promise.