单词 | parsonet |
释义 | † parsonetn. humorous. Obsolete. rare. 1. A parson's child.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [noun] > child of parsonet1812 1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 121 The Parson dearly loved his darling pets, Sweet, little, ruddy, ragged, Parsonets! 2. A young or newly appointed parson. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [noun] > new or petty parsonet1834 1834 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 15 This is all ‘hay, straw, stubble’;—the stuff..to consign over to hireling preachers and fashionable parsonets. 1877 P. Brooks Lect. Preach. (1895) ii. 45 The people in the neighbourhood dubbed us ‘parsonnettes’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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