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parson

Syllables: par·son/ˈpɑːs(ə)n/US/ˈpɑɹsən/

parson noun: an Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.

Noun

parson (plural parsons)

  1. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
  2. A Protestant minister.
  3. (historical) 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 35–37

Proper noun capitalized: Parson

Parson (plural Parsons)

  1. A surname.

parson meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic

parson in Tamil

பாதிரி

parson in Bengali

গির্জার পুরোহিত, পাদ্রী

parson in Malayalam

ഇടവകവികാരി, ഗ്രാമപുരോഹിതൻ, ഇടവകപുരോഹിതൻ, വികാരി

parson in Arabic

protestant minister
قِسِّيس qissīs

Examples of parson in a sentence

  • Parsons bent down to pick the stinky baby brained adult diaper girl up.
  • Parsons replied, with his dry sense of humor: “I do not overeat, and I do not overhate.
  • “You really are married by a priest or parson, not just hocussing me?”

All 32 example sentences with parson

Synonyms of parson

Forms of parson

Noun
pluralparsons
Proper noun
pluralParsons

Plural of parson: parsons

Origin of parson

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.

Words formed from parson

Phrases with parson

Words that rhyme with parson

Questions about parson

What does parson mean?
Parson means an Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
What is parson in Tamil?
Parson in Tamil is பாதிரி. See Parson meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parson?
Parson can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce parson?
Parson is pronounced /ˈpɑːs(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of parson?
The plural of parson is parsons.

Words near parson in the dictionary

  1. parsnip webworms
  2. parsniplike
  3. parsnippy
  4. parsnips
  5. parsnipy
  6. parson
  7. parson bird
  8. parson birds
  9. Parson Drove
  10. parson imparsonee
  11. Parson magneton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parson (page history and authors); Parson (page history and authors); parson (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parson (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parson (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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