"parson" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɑːs(ə)n/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑɹsən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parson.wav [Southern-England] Forms: parsons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sən Etymology: From Middle English persoun, from Anglo-Norman, Old French persone (“parson, person”), from Medieval Latin persona (“parson, person”), from Latin persona (“person”). Doublet of person and persona. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|persoun}} Middle English persoun, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|persone||parson, person}} Old French persone (“parson, person”), {{der|en|ML.|persona||parson, person}} Medieval Latin persona (“parson, person”), {{der|en|la|persona||person}} Latin persona (“person”), {{doublet|en|person|persona}} Doublet of person and persona Head templates: {{en-noun}} parson (plural parsons)
  1. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law. Synonyms: rector, ;, autem bawler, autem jet
    Sense id: en-parson-en-noun-OGQS58lz
  2. A Protestant minister. Translations (protestant minister): قِسِّيس (qissīs) [masculine] (Arabic), pappi (Finnish), pasteur [masculine] (French), lelkész (Hungarian), pastore [masculine] (Italian), Prädja [masculine] (Plautdietsch), pastor [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-parson-en-noun-MhdPXtVF Disambiguation of 'protestant minister': 11 64 25
  3. (now chiefly historical) A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-parson-en-noun-~rFbk4sD Disambiguation of Occupations: 15 32 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 5 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (cleric having full control of a parish): енорийски свещеник (enorijski sveštenik) (Bulgarian), kirkkoherra (Finnish), curé [masculine] (French), curé paroissial [masculine] (French), plébános (Hungarian), parroco [masculine] (Italian), párroco [masculine] (Spanish), cura párroco [masculine] (Spanish)
Derived forms: Fleet parson, hedge parson, parsonage, parson bird, parson-in-the-pulpit, parsondom, Parson Russell, Parsons Green, Parson's Heath, parson's nose, Parson Trulliber, squarson Disambiguation of 'cleric having full control of a parish': 51 6 42

Noun [Old French]

Forms: parson oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], parsons [oblique, plural], parsons [nominative, singular], parson [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} parson oblique singular, m (oblique plural parsons, nominative singular parsons, nominative plural parson)
  1. Alternative form of persone (in the sense "parson") Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: persone (extra: in the sense "parson")
    Sense id: en-parson-fro-noun-zyShAAH8 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "protestant minister",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "قِسِّيس"
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      "sense": "protestant minister",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "protestant minister",
      "word": "lelkész"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "protestant minister",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pastore"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "protestant minister",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Prädja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protestant minister",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pastor"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "parson"
  ],
  "word": "parson"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parson oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parsons",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parsons",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parson",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "parson oblique singular, m (oblique plural parsons, nominative singular parsons, nominative plural parson)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "in the sense \"parson\"",
          "word": "persone"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of persone (in the sense \"parson\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "persone",
          "persone#Old French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "parson"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'parson oblique singular or', originally 'parson oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "parson"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "parson",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'parson oblique singular or', originally 'parson oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "parson"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "parson",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'parson oblique singular or' in 'parson oblique singular, m (oblique plural parsons, nominative singular parsons, nominative plural parson)'",
  "path": [
    "parson"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "parson",
  "trace": ""
}

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