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parson
1. a parish priest in the Church of England, formerly applied only to those who held ecclesiastical benefices
2. any clergyman
3. NZ a nonconformist minister


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Presently he was met by an elderly parson astride on a gray mare, who, as he rode, hummed a wandering tune.
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Nigger stealing corn from old Parson Silas, I judged.
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The little souls were comforting each other with better thoughts than I could have hit on: no parson in the world ever pictured heaven so beautifully as they did, in their innocent talk; and, while I sobbed and listened, I could not help wishing we were all there safe together.
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