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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

parson parish priest XIII; clergyman, minister XVI. ME. person, later parso(u)n — OF. persone, (law F.) parsone :— L. persōna PERSON, used in the eccl. sense at the Council of Clermont 1096 (‘mortuis … vel mutatis Clericis quos Personas vocant’). The genesis of the application is much disputed, but in England the parson has been long held to be the legal persona who could sue and be sued in respect of the parish.
So parsonage †benefice XIV; for p. house XV. — OF. personage.

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parson

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

par·son / ˈpärsən/ • n. a beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar. ∎ inf. any member of the clergy, esp. a Protestant one. DERIVATIVES: par·son·ic / pärˈsänik/ adj. par·son·i·cal / pärˈsänikəl/ adj.

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parson

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

parson. Properly, the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice who has full possession of its rights, i.e. a rector. This use was general until the 17th cent. The current use for any (especially C of E) clergymen has superseded the original sense.

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parson

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

parson •Masson •flaxen, Jackson, klaxon, Sachsen, Saxon, waxen •Samson •Branson, Jansen, Manson, Nansen •arson, Carson, fasten, parson, sarsen •Bresson, delicatessen, Essen, lessen, lesson •Texan •Belsen, keelson, Nelson •Mendelssohn • Empson •Benson, ensign •Stetson •basin, caisson, chasten, diapason, hasten, Jason, mason •Bateson • handbasin • washbasin •Freemason • stonemason • Nielsen •Stevenson •christen, glisten, listen •Gibson, Ibsen •Blixen, Nixon, vixen •Nilsson, Stillson, Wilson •Nicholson • Simpson • Whitsun •Robinson • Acheson •Addison, Madison •Edison •Atkinson • Dickinson • Alison •Tennyson, venison •unison •caparison, comparison, garrison, Harrison •Ericsson • Morrison •archdiocesan, diocesan •jettison • Davisson •bison, Meissen, Tyson •Michelson • Robson •coxswain, oxen •Mommsen, Thompson •Johnson, Jonson, sponson, Swanson •Watson •coarsen, hoarsen, Orson •boatswain, bosun •Robeson • Jolson • moisten • loosen •Wolfson • Cookson • Hudson •Bunsen • tutsan •Grierson, Pearson •Culbertson • Richardson • Anderson •Jefferson • Ferguson • Rowlandson •Amundsen • Emerson • Jespersen •Saracen • Peterson • Williamson •person, worsen •Bergson • chairperson • layperson •salesperson • sportsperson •spokesperson

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