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Paroch(e)-kirk, -kyrk, -kyrc, Parrosche-kirk, n. Also: parr-; per-, perr- and -otche-, -ocht-, -ech-; parosh-; proche-. [Cf. Pari(s)che-kirk n., Paroch(e n., Parioch(e n. (4).] A parish church.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xl. 558. 1388 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 295.
In the paroche kyrc of Abirden
1400 (1405) Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 46.
Qwyll that John Cambell … pay to me [100 marks] … in the paroche kyrk of Dunbretane on the he [auter]
c1420 Wynt. viii. 855. 1424 Acts II. 6/1.
That … thar be maid bowmerkis and specialy nere paroche kirkis
1507 Stirling Chart. 72.
Peroch kirk
1524–5 Stirling B. Rec. I. 21.
Parocht-kirk
1550 Boyd Fam. P. No. 28 (20 Dec.).
Parech kyrk
1575 Reg. Privy S. VII. 34/1.
Parotche kirk
1579 Edinb. Test. VII. 222.
My banes to be bureit in myddis of the paroche kirk
1588 Prot. Bk. A. Lawson MS. 169.
In the peroche kirk of Sanct Geill of Edinburgh
?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 62.
[In Iona] thair was an abbay [etc.] … with ane paroche kirk, with sundrie uther chapells
1604 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 40. 1618 Inchaffray Reg. 137.
Peroche kirk
1622-6 Bisset II. 195/27.
He founded … at Larkgis ane paroche kirk or clauchan toun on the sea coist
1630 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 340.
Maister of wark of Sanct Nicolas paroche kirk
c1650 Spalding II. 61. 1684 Glasgow Chart. II. 220.
The paroch kirks and parochens of Glasgow and barrony therof
(b) 1507 Grant Chart. 46.
Parroch kyrk
c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 84 (Arund.).
The parroche kirk persew
1515 Wigtown B. Ct. 48 b.
Parrech kyrk
1540 Renfrew Arch. Coll. I. 191.
The parroch kirk of Sanct Gile of Edinburgh
1571 Reg. Episc. Brechin. II. 334.
Perroche kirk
1592 Acts III. 550/1.
To erect … ane parroche kirk vpoun his awin heretage
1614 Ayr Friars Pr. Chart. iii.(c) 1565 Soc. Ant. Chart. No. 54.
Parrosche kirk
c 1620 Liber Dryburgh 370.
Parosh kirk
(d) 1558 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 313.
Proche kirk

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