parsonedadj.
/ˈpɑːsnd/, U.S. /ˈpɑrs(ə)nd/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > composed in words > by specific type of writer
parsoned1743
1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 47 Ye Deaf to Truth! peruse this parson'd Page, And trust, for once, a Prophet, and a Priest.
2. Of a parish, etc.: provided with a parson. rare.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [adjective] > having a parson
parsoned1883
1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Parsoned, furnished with a parson or parsons.
1997 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Aug. t7 There was a school, but it closed years ago; there is a church, but it [is] parsoned in a group of parishes.
3. colloquial. Married in church or chapel. Also married and parsoned. Now rare (English regional (Norfolk) in later use).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [adjective] > married (in specific manner)
ringed1872
farreate1880
parsoned1886
1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii Married and Parsoned, a colloquial expression, signifying that all the necessary rites have been performed.
1888 J. A. Froude Eng. W. Indies in E. Boehmer Empire Writing (1998) 114 [In the Antilles] morals in the technical sense they have none, but they cannot be said to sin, because they have no knowledge of a law... They are married as they call it, but not parsoned.
1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens xv. 155 Don't you wish you was married?.. Don't you wish you was passoned?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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