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Definition of Parson

1. Noun. A person authorized to conduct religious worship. "Clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

Definition of Parson

1. n. A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.

Definition of Parson

1. Noun. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector. ¹

2. Noun. A Protestant minister. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parson

1. a clergyman [n -S] : PARSONIC [adj] - See also: clergyman

Medical Definition of Parson

1. 1. A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls. 2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher. "He hears the parson pray and preach. " (Longfellow) Parson bird, a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera Novaeseelandiae) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words. Its colour is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage bird. Origin: OE. Persone person, parson, OF. Persone, F. Personne person, LL. Persona (sc. Ecclesiae), fr. L. Persona a person. See Person. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Parson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1851)
"Late at noon the parson crossed the little stream which divided the two shires, and came to an inn which was placed at an angle, where the great main road ..."

2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Assembled and grouped in the lingering light, To greet parson Allen with shout ... And the parson is here to say us the 'grace.'" "The lads who are with me ..."

3. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"Without preface, he suddenly asked me, " Would you be a parson ? " I was mentally so far away ... I expect the Pope's is the biggest of them parson jobs? ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"parson ADAMS'S SHORT MEMORY From <Joseph Andrews' MR. ADAMS and Joseph were now ready to depart different ways, when an accident determined the former to ..."

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