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    Parson , n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See Person.]
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    1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.
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    2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
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      He hears the parson pray and preach.
      Longfellow.

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      Parson bird (Zool.), a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera Novæseelandiæ) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words.  Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat.  It is often kept as a cage bird.
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