parson
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English persoun, from Anglo-Norman, Old French persone (“parson, person”), from Medieval Latin persona (“parson, person”), from Latin persona (“person”). Doublet of person and persona.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːs(ə)n/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹsən/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sən
- Hyphenation: par‧son
Noun
[edit]parson (plural parsons)
- An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
- Synonyms: rector; autem bawler (slang, archaic, rare), autem jet (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant)
- Hypernym: cleric
- Coordinate term: vicar
- A Protestant minister.
- (now chiefly historical) A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 35–37:
- a lewde curate,
A parson benyfyced
But nothynge well advysed.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]cleric having full control of a parish
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protestant minister
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[edit]Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]parson oblique singular, m (oblique plural parsons, nominative singular parsons, nominative plural parson)
- Alternative form of persone (in the sense "parson")
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