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Recent Examples of parson
Writing in the eighteenth century, Smith compared energetic and often sensationalist Methodist preachers with the more reserved and cerebral parsons of the Church of England.
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Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The other is her violent stepfather, who, in this version, is also the church’s parson (Steven Pasquale).
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
His living room included an antique Japanese screen hanging on a white wall above a leather banquette with pillow sable heads mounted on silver pedestals and a parsons table.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
Her father, Patrick Brontë, was the parson of the local parish.
—V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
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Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The other is her violent stepfather, who, in this version, is also the church’s parson (Steven Pasquale).
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
His living room included an antique Japanese screen hanging on a white wall above a leather banquette with pillow sable heads mounted on silver pedestals and a parsons table.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
Her father, Patrick Brontë, was the parson of the local parish.
—V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parson
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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The clergyman warns that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran as well as the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive regime in the war’s wake.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The clergyman warned, however, that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran and the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive Tehran government in the war’s wake.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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The show follows Nicky (Levy) and Morgan Dardano (Taylor Ortega), a pastor-and-teacher sibling duo from New Jersey who stumble into organized crime after Morgan steals a necklace from a postal store to bury with their dying grandmother.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Cortes Vasquez is a pastor at The Gathering Place Church in Elizabeth.—
Naomi Ruchim,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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At Sagrada Familia, a prayer verse is included at the base of the cross installed Friday afternoon, said church rector Turull.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Not all birth rituals depended on the intercession of a saint or the authority of a churchman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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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,
19 June 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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Karyn Cordner’s Raven, a five-year-old black German shepherd with a soft coat of fur, was being trained to become a guide dog by the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation in Bloomfield when the Simsbury resident first met her.—
Mikayla Bunnell,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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But some of the stars were Tutti Frutti (German shepherd, adopted); Grapes (another German shepherd, adopted); Catfinated Beverage (orange tabby, adopted); Beep Beep (Australian cattle dog, adopted); Spatula (whippet, adopted); and Lawn Mower the French bulldog (adopted).—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the future pope was a bishop in Peru.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Missionary pope Leo’s Africa trip will see him outside of the Vatican for the longest time since his election, and the constant travel in the country has echoes of his time as a missionary and bishop in Latin America.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Parson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parson. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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