'Parson' definitions:
Definition of 'parson'
From: WordNet
noun
A person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector]
Definition of 'Parson'
From: GCIDE
- Parson \Par"son\, n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See Person.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher. [1913 Webster]
- He hears the parson pray and preach. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- Parson bird (Zool.), a New Zealand bird ({Prosthemadera Nov[ae]seelandi[ae]}) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parson'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbe,
- chaplain,
- churchman,
- clergyman,
- cleric,
- clerical,
- clerk,
- curate,
- cure,
- DD,
- divine,
- Doctor of Divinity,
- ecclesiastic,
- Holy Joe,
- man of God,
- military chaplain,
- minister,
- padre,
- pastor,
- rector,
- reverend,
- servant of God,
- shepherd,
- sky pilot,
- supply clergy,
- supply minister,
- the Reverend,
- the very Reverend,
- tonsured cleric