name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
parson
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːs(ə)n/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈpɑɹsən/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)sən
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rector, autem bawler, autem jet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleric
noun
Meaning 3
A Protestant minister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: minister, cleric
noun
Meaning 4
A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: priest, cleric
noun
Meaning 5
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curate, minister of religion, minister, pastor, rector
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
Narrower terms: ministrant
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: енорийски свещеник (enorijski sveštenik) — cleric having full control of a parish
- Finnish: kirkkoherra — cleric having full control of a parish
- French: curé — cleric having full control of a parish
- French: curé paroissial — cleric having full control of a parish
- Hungarian: plébános — cleric having full control of a parish
- Italian: parroco — cleric having full control of a parish
- Russian: священник (svjaščennik) — cleric having full control of a parish
- Spanish: párroco — cleric having full control of a parish
- Spanish: cura párroco — cleric having full control of a parish
- Arabic: قِسِّيس (qissīs) — protestant minister
- Czech: farář — protestant minister
- Czech: pastor — protestant minister
- Finnish: pappi — protestant minister
- French: pasteur — protestant minister
- Hungarian: lelkész — protestant minister
- Italian: pastore — protestant minister
- Plautdietsch: Prädja — protestant minister
- Spanish: pastor — protestant minister
Real reading context