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)
- (British, Ireland, Christianity) Not designated as a parish (“an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church”).
- (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.
Translations
not designated as a parish
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of an area: not in a civil parish, or not having a parish council or town council
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See also
- (no municipality): unincorporated
References
- ^ “unparished, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2021.
Further reading
- unparished area on Wikipedia.Wikipedia