parsondomn.
/ˈpɑːsndəm/, U.S. /ˈpɑrsənd(ə)m/ Now rare.
Parsons collectively; the domain of parsons. Also: the state or condition of being a parson.
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1822 Ld. Byron Let. 31 Oct. (1980) X. 22 Which riddle..means nothing more than an evasion to get out of..a bad business—either for fear of the Parsondom—or your Admiralty patrons.
1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. xiv. 272 His sins against parsondom were becoming very grievous.
1874 Harper's Mag. Sept. 510/2 Fiat was his good old custom, ruat parsondom.
1914 J. R. M. Butler Passing of Great Reform Bill vii. 296 The concentrated hatred of the Englishman for privileged parsondom burst on the heads of the devoted twenty-one [Bishops].
1974 E. F. J. Payne tr. A. Schopenhauer Parerga & Paralipomena I. 271 Byron had been honest enough not to make any concessions to Anglican parsondom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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