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parson

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See also: Parson and pärsōn

English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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parson (plural parsons)

  1. 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
  2. A Protestant minister.
    Hypernyms: minister; cleric
  3. (now chiefly historical) A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
    Hypernyms: priest; cleric
    • 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.

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Old French

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Noun

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parson oblique singularm (oblique plural parsons, nominative singular parsons, nominative plural parson)

  1. Alternative form of persone (in the sense "parson")