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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

(persona ecclesiae) one that hath full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. He is called parson (persona) because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented, and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church, which he personates. There are three ranks of clergymen below that of a dignitary, viz, parson, vicar, and curate. Parson is the first, meaning a rector, or he who receives the great tithes of a benefice. Clergymen may imply any person ordained to serve at the altar. Parsons are always priests, whereas clergymen are only deacons.

See CLERGY, CURATE.