n.1 a rector.
2 a vicar or any beneficed member of the clergy.
3 colloq. any (esp. Protestant) member of the clergy.
Phrases and idioms:
parson's nose the piece of fatty flesh at the rump of a fowl.
Derivatives:
parsonical adj.
Etymology: ME person(e), parson f. OF persone f. L persona PERSON (in med.L rector)