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Recent Examples of parson
The stranger asked to see Patrick, but after he was informed that the parson was ill in bed, the encounter took an unsettling turn.
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V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
Her father, Patrick Brontë, was the parson of the local parish.
—V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
Around 1914, Peter and Laurie Kerr commissioned Portland architect Ellis F. Lawrence, who was the first dean of the University of Oregon’s architecture department, to design a new home based on a Scottish country parson’s manse.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
The eastern parson spider, named for the way the white patch on its black abdomen resembles a clerical collar.
—Adam Roy, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2022
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V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
Her father, Patrick Brontë, was the parson of the local parish.
—V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
Around 1914, Peter and Laurie Kerr commissioned Portland architect Ellis F. Lawrence, who was the first dean of the University of Oregon’s architecture department, to design a new home based on a Scottish country parson’s manse.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
The eastern parson spider, named for the way the white patch on its black abdomen resembles a clerical collar.
—Adam Roy, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parson
Noun
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The vicar, who had a long-term smoking habit, wasn’t poisoned, the study determined.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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The funeral liturgy will be presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome POPE FRANCIS TO LIE IN STATE, MOURNERS WELCOME: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE PONTIFF'S FUNERAL Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 5 p.m. local Rome time, 11 a.m.—
Gabriele Regalbuto,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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In recent months, pastors with Christian nationalist beliefs have been invited to the White House numerous times.—
Misty White Sidell,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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My class—led by the church rector, Nigel Massey, a boyish-looking Brit who studied theology at Oxford—was focussed on the subjunctive as used to express uncertainty.—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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His leadership style was further shaped while serving as rector of the Colegio de San José in Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1986.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Apr. 2024
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This interest followed him throughout his life, expanding during his education at King’s College London and Cambridge and into his work as a curate in Hampshire.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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Kingsley was born in 1819, the son of a curate who subjected him to a rigorous and frequently brutal education.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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Dearest brothers and sisters, this was the first greeting of the risen Christ, the good shepherd who gave His life for the flock of God.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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She’s helped shepherd Netflix hits like Sintonia and DNA Do Crime, as well as Vale o Escrito for Globoplay.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2025
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“Parson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parson. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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