parson
noun
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
parsonic
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a word derived from
parson.
Example Sentences
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When I think of a young parsonic prig at home I shudder at the difference.
From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross
Parson Endicott suffered from shortness of sight and a high parsonic manner.
From Shining Ferry by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Dissenters try to be gentlemen; but George has no misgivings about himself on that score; so he gives his undivided energy to his efforts to be parsonic.
From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Bernard Shaw
Excuse their long ears, a little peculiarity belonging to parsonic deer.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
Your last letter has interested me to an extraordinary degree, and your truly parsonic advice, "some other wise and discreet person," etc., etc., amused us not a little.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
