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parson

[ pahr-suhn ]

noun

  1. a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  2. the holder or incumbent of a parochial benefice, especially an Anglican.


parson

/ 藞p蓱藧s蓹n; p蓱藧藞s蓲n瑟k /

noun

  1. a parish priest in the Church of England, formerly applied only to those who held ecclesiastical benefices
  2. any clergyman
  3. a nonconformist minister
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • parsonic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫补谤路蝉辞苍路颈肠 [pahr-, son, -ik], 辫补谤路蝉辞苍顎僫路肠补濒 adjective
  • 辫补谤路蝉辞苍顎僫路肠补濒路ly adverb
  • 辫补谤顎僺辞苍路颈蝉丑 辫补谤顎僺辞苍路濒颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of parson1

1200鈥50; Middle English persone < Medieval Latin 辫别谤蝉艒苍补 parish priest, Latin: personage. See person
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of parson1

C13: from Medieval Latin 辫别谤蝉艒苍补 parish priest, representative of the parish, from Latin: personage; see person
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Her work as a parson鈥檚 wife opposite Maurice Evans in a well-received 1950 Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw鈥檚 鈥淭he Devil鈥檚 Disciple鈥 landed her on the cover of Life magazine 鈥 a major publicity coup.

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He spoke with the easy grace of a country parson, but no fire and brimstone emanated from his pulpit as he calmly but bracingly recounted what he said was his mother鈥檚 family history.

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A quiet wedding we had: he and I, the parson and clerk, were alone present.

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I looked at his back, prim as a parson鈥檚, tried to imagine the two of them together.

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A career in science had usurped his plan to work as a country parson who dabbled in natural history.

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