parson : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: parson	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for parson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parson n a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" Synonym(s): curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parson \Par"son\, n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See {Person}.] 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. 2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher. He hears the parson pray and preach. --Longfellow. {Parson bird} (Zo[94]l.), a New Zealand bird ({Prosthemadera Nov[91]seelandi[91]}) 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.