Parson

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An Anglican cleric with full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
  • n. A member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
  • n. A Protestant minister.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A person.
  • n. The person in holy orders who has the charge or cure of souls in a parish; the incumbent of a parochial benefice.
  • n. A clergyman in general; a man licensed to preach: often used colloquially, or with a touch of contempt: as, a fox-hunting parson.
  • n. A tiny finch of Brazil, Spermophila minuta.
  • n. The parson-bird or poe-bird.
  • n. Synonyms Clergyman, Priest, etc. See minister, n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    ministrant   
    Form
    parsondom    parsonage   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    preacher    minister   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Carson    Larson    arson   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clergyman    schoolmaster    vicar    rector    pastor    curate    squire    nobleman    chaplain    priest