parsonizev.
/ˈpɑːsn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɑrsəˌnaɪz/ rare.
1. transitive. To make or convert into a parson.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > to make parsonical [verb (transitive)]
parsonize1880
1880 Congregationalist (U.S.) 21 June in Cent. Dict. (1890) (at cited word) The Bishop of Rochester in England..the other day, in a pastoral, expressed the hope that lay evangelists will not ‘presently become parsonized’.
2. intransitive. To act as a parson; to do a parson's work.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > to act as parson [verb (intransitive)]
parsonize1892
1892 Illustr. London News 6 Aug. 171/2 Now, it seems, he's parsonising down Somerset way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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