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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