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American Church Dictionary
• Parson
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Parson
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Robert Parsons
• Parsons, Robert
Webster Dictionary
• Parsonical
• Parsonic
• Parsoned
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Levi Parsons Morton
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Cooke Parsons, D.D.
• Hovey, Jonathan Parsons, D.D.
• Lunt, William Parsons, D.D.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Adams, Parson
• Parson Adams
• Parsons, Robert
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• George Parsons Lathrop

The old name used in England for the rector or incumbent of a parish. Parson and person are the same word, being derived from the Latin Persona. The Parson is so called, as Blackstone tells us, "because by his person the Church which is an invisible body, is represented."