Associations to the word «Parsons»

Wiktionary

PARSON, noun. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
PARSON, noun. A Protestant minister.
PARSON BIRD, noun. The tui
PARSON RUSSELL, noun. One of a breed of small white terriers, related to the Jack Russell but having a smaller range of sizes.

Dictionary definition

PARSON, noun. A person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope