parson
noun
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
parsonish
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a word derived from
parson.
Example Sentences
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They go the wrong way to work; they are too parsonish, too much of the old wife, and even the old apple wife.
From The Ebb-Tide by Lloyd Osbourne
They go the wrong way to work; they are too parsonish, too much of the old wife, and even the old apple-wife.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
