parishless

Updated: May 29, 2025

We have applications three or four deep, of all sorts and kinds, from parishless clergymen. But such a jury as the Wheathedge congregation affords, I never saw and hope never to see again. I only wish there was some law to treat them as other juries are treated: shut them up in the jury-room till they agree on a verdict. The first minister was too old; he would not suit the young folks.

Lyman Abbott - Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish.