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Fleet parsons

Fleet parsons is the plural of Fleet parson.

Meaning of Fleet parson

Noun

Fleet parson (plural Fleet parsons)

  1. (UK, historical) A clergyman based in or near the Fleet Prison, who performed Fleet marriages (a kind of clandestine marriage). The practice continued up to the 18th century

Questions about Fleet parsons

What is Fleet parsons the plural of?
Fleet parsons is the plural of Fleet parson.

Words near Fleet parsons in the dictionary

  1. Fleet marriage
  2. Fleet marriages
  3. Fleet Marston
  4. fleet of foot
  5. Fleet parson
  6. Fleet parsons
  7. fleet race
  8. fleet races
  9. fleet racing
  10. Fleet Street
  11. Fleet Street dove

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