parson
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of parson
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
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noun
- An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
- A Protestant minister.
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(historical)A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
“a lewde curate, A parson benyfyced But nothynge well advysed.”
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
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.
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