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To render parochial; to form into parishes.

In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes. Bp. Stillingfleet.

A parishioner. [Obs.] Ld. Burleigh.

A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.

certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.

s diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

Food; nourishment. [Obs.] Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. Spenser.

A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. Court of Peculiars (Eng. Law), a branch of the Court of Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars. Blackstone. -- Dean of peculiars. See under Dean, 1.

The art of nourishing children properly.

ted, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. -- Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant]

Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost. Shipley.

t by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.

To perish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. Tatler.

ace in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott.

An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

ts blossoms only in fair weather. -- Poor rate, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor. -- Poor soldier (Zoöl.), the friar bird. -- The poor, those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the…