Word Meanings - INTRUSIONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.

Related words: (words related to INTRUSIONIST)

• PATRONIZING
  Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• PATRONYMIC
  Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
• PATRONIZER
  One who patronizes.
• PATRONAL
  Patron; protecting; favoring. Sir T. Browne.
• APPOINTMENT
  The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
• PARISHEN
  A parishioner. Chaucer.
• CLERGYMAN
  An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to peach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.
• AGAINST
  1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
• PARISH
  parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. Cowell. The same district, constituting a civil
• ESPECIALLY
  In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
• PATRONATE
  The right or duty of a patron; patronage. Westm. Rev.
• PATRONIZE
  1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. The idea has been patronized by two States only. A. Hamilton. 3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as,
• PATRONOMAYOLOGY
  That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.
• PARISHIONAL
  Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. Bp. Hall.
• PATRONIZATION
  The act of patronizing; patronage; support.
• PARISHIONER
  One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
• PATRONYMICAL
  See PATRONYMIC
• PATRONLESS
  Destitute of a patron.
• PATRON
  One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. 5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. (more info) 1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser.
• PREAPPOINTMENT
  Previous appointment.
• ENPATRON
  To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. Shak.
• TRANSPATRONIZE
  To transfer the patronage of. Warner.
• IMPATRONIZE
  To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. Bacon.
• OUTPARISH
  A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town. Graunt.
• DISAPPOINTMENT
  1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment