Definition of Parsan
Par"son (?), n. [OE. persone
person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL.
persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person.
See Person.]
1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) 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.
2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical
preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a
preacher.
He hears the parson pray and
preach. Longfellow.
Parson bird (Zoöl.), a New
Zealand bird (Prosthemadera Novæseelandiæ)
remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate
words. Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly,
white feathers on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage
bird.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PARSON. A guide post, hand or finger post by the road
side for directing travellers: compared to a parson,
because, like him, it sets people in the right way. See
GUIDE POST. He that would have luck in horse-flesh,
must kiss a parson's wife.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector
- A Protestant minister
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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