Parson
Parson , noun
[Old English persone person, parson, Old French persone, French personne person, Late Latin persona (sc. ecclesiae), from Latin persona a person. See Person.]
1.
(Eng. Ecclesiastical Law) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.
2.
Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
He hears the parson pray and preach.
Collocations (1)
Parson bird (Zoology) , a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera Novaseelandia) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words. Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage bird.