unparished

English
WOTD – 9 June 2023

Etymology

From:[1]

  • un (prefix meaning ‘not’) +‎ parish (noun) +‎ -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives from nouns); and
  • un- +‎ parished (“organized into parishes; possessing parishes”, adjective).

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ʌnˈpæɹɪʃt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌnˈpɛɹɪʃt/
  • Homophone: unperished (some accents)
  • Hyphenation: un‧par‧ished

Adjective

unparished (not comparable)

  1. (British, Ireland, Christianity) Not designated as a parish (“an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church”).
  2. (England) Of an area: not in a civil parish (“an administrative subdivision of a borough or local government district”), or not having a parish council or town council.

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See also

References
  1. “unparished, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021.

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