parson

An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.

Noun

  1. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.

    Synonyms: rector autem bawler autem jet

    Hypernyms: cleric

    Coordinate Terms: vicar

  2. A Protestant minister.

    Hypernyms: minister cleric

  3. A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
    • a lewde curate, A parson benyfyced But nothynge well advysed. - c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines...

    Hypernyms: priest cleric

Origin

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.

Forms

parsons

Derived

Fleet parson hedge parson hunting parson parsonage parsonarchy parson bird parsondom Parson Drove parsoned parsoness parsonhood parsonic parsonical parson imparsonee parson-in-the-pulpit parsonish parsonlike parsonly Parson Russell Parsons Green Parson's Heath parsonship parson's nose Parson Trulliber