n. [ OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See Person. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He hears the parson pray and preach. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Parson bird (Zool.),
n.
What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for? Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Furnished with a parson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart. Colman. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]