parson

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See also: Parson and pärsōn

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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Old French

Noun

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

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