parson

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Recent Examples of parson 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 The stranger asked to see Patrick, but after he was informed that the parson was ill in bed, the encounter took an unsettling turn. 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 See All Example Sentences for parson
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Noun
  • Members include a vicar with a lurid fantasy life, a clever and stifled housewife, a sorrowful retired accountant and a blowhard.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • For instance, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, vicar for clergy Fr.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • According to his Instagram profile, Taylor is a seminary student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, a clergyman, and an Air Force veteran.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • Born in 1775, Austen grew up in the Hampshire countryside, where her father served as a clergyman in the village of Steventon.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.
    Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Near the end of the service, the rector announced who the pope was — an American-born from Chicago.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Instead of offering a content buffet, curate support based on individual needs.
    David James, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Start with strategy, nail the fundamentals and curate telemetry.
    Bill Hineline, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The video features Daisy, a German shepherd, whose unique way of anticipating steps has captivated viewers.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • But after months in the shelter, the German shepherd/Labrador retriever mix has remained in his kennel as hundreds of other dogs have been adopted before him.
    Mike Stunson July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025

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“Parson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parson. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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