▪ I. † diˈsparish, v.1 Obs.
Also 5 -ys, dysperysh.
[f. F. disparaiss-, present stem of disparaître to disappear: perh. from an OF. by-form *disparir, dispariss-: cf. apparish to appear.]
intr. To disappear.
| c 1425 Found. St. Bartholomew's 6 In these wordes the visioun disparyschydde. Ibid. 41 Thus she seyed, And..sodanly dysperyshid. 1435 Misyn Fire of Love 100 All aduersite vanyschis & all oþer desyres aperis not, bot þa ar stillyd and disparischyd. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4504 Cuthbert away disparysid. a 1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. xv. Summary (1642) 439 These men or rather Angels..then disparished and were never more seen. |
▪ II. disparish, v.2
(dɪsˈpærɪʃ)
[dis- 7.]
trans. a. To oust from one's parish. b. To cause to be no longer a parish, deprive of the status of a parish.
| 1593 R. Bancroft Survey H. Discipline 5 That all the parishes in England (they say) must be first disparished, and all the people of the land first sanctified. 1667 Waterhouse Fire Lond. 40 Has not God dis-parished and scattered them, Priest from people? 1864 Realm 8 June 5 The Lutheran Chapel..occupies the site of ‘Trinity Church’, disparished after the great fire. |