Parson
Par´son
PARSON, eccl. law. One who has full possession of all the rights of a
parochial church.
2. He is so called because by his person the church, which is an
invisible body, is represented: in England he is himself a body corporate it
order to protect and defend the church (which he personates) by a the
minority, if required to bring Story on Partn. Sec. 489. 1 Bouv. Inst. n.
1217. 398; 5 Com. Dig. 346.
DD,
Doctor of Divinity,
Holy Joe,
abbe,
chaplain,
churchman,
clergyman,
cleric,
clerical,
clerk,
curate,
cure,
divine,
ecclesiastic,
man of God,
military chaplain,
minister,
padre,
pastor,
rector,
reverend,
servant of God,
shepherd,
sky pilot,
supply clergy,
supply minister,
the Reverend,
the very Reverend,
tonsured cleric