Parson
['pɑːs(ə)n] or ['pɑrsn]
Definition
(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.
(n.) Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Minister, priest, clergyman, pastor, ecclesiastic, churchman, divine.
Editor: Stephen
Definition
n. the priest or incumbent of a parish: a clergyman: one who is licensed to preach.—n. Par′sonage the residence of the minister of a parish: (orig.) the house lands tithes &c. set apart for the support of the minister of a parish.—adjs. Parson′ic Par′sonish pertaining to or like a parson.
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Examples
- I'm a poor black feckless sheep--childer may clem for aught I can do, unless, parson, yo'd help me? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Her thoughts were away in other times as the parson read. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Buty's my brother Bute, my dear--my brother the parson. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But you tutors are such solemn chaps; it is almost like speaking to a parson to consult with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Practically I find that what is called being apostolic now, is an impatience of everything in which the parson doesn't cut the principal figure. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As it was, you would have fancied he was a flourishing, large parson of the Church of England. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In the parson's croft, behind the rectory, are the musicians of the three parish bands, with their instruments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ye are to declare it,' was the parson's words, Fairway continued. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is the parson--Hall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One of 'em's a parson,' said Mr. Roker, filling up a little piece of paper as he spoke; 'another's a butcher. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Did you see me play the methodist parson, in a tub, at Mrs. Beaumont's masquerade last Thursday? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Never told the old parson where they were. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Why should you dress to go and take a cup of tea with an old parson? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Who lives in it besides the damned parson? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A quiet wedding we had: he and I, the parson and clerk, were alone present. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The old parsons is worth the whole lump of college lads; they know what belongs to good manners, and is kind to high and low. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All that cant--excuse me, but I repeat the word--all that _cant_ about soldiers and parsons is most offensive in my ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Both them ar chaps parsons? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The internal construction of the Parsons turbine is seen in Fig. 86 and is covered by British patent No. 10,940, of 1891, and United States patent No. 553,658, January 28th, 1896. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The highest speed ever attained, however, is by the British torpedo boat Viper, which is 210 feet long, and, like the Turbinia, is equipped with the Parsons steam turbines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The little Turbinia, a 40 ton craft equipped with a compound rotary steam turbine of the Parsons type, has attained a speed of 32? knots an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Parsons' is one whose significance in happiness can hardly be exaggerated. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I say, now, said the drover, touching his elbow, there's differences in parsons, an't there? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Within the last few years application of the Parsons steam turbine has been made to marine propulsion with very remarkable results as to speed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She got over yachting men from Southampton, parsons from the Cathedral Close at Winchester, and officers from the barracks there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I confess that's what I should be afraid of, if we parsons had to stand at the hustings for preferment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The earliest of these is Branca’s steam turbine of 1629 (see Fig. 85) and the most important of this class in use to-day are those of Mr. Parsons, of England, and De Laval, of Sweden. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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