Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a parson or his office; characteristic of parsons; suited to or in keeping with the position or duties of a parson; clerical: as, parsonic pretensions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.
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- adjective Of or relating to a
parson ;clerical .
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Examples
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Maintaining a very quiet manner towards this arrogant little maid, and subsequently observing the same towards the parsonic-looking, black-coated, white-neckclothed waiter, I got civility from them ere long.
Villette 2003
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Mr. R.H. H.GNETT nobly restrained himself from making a too parsonic parson, yet kept enough of the distinctive flavour to excite a passionate anti-clerical behind me into clamorously derisive laughter; a very good piece of work.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 Various
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On one side was an effigy of a parsonic kind of man, crucified head downwards upon a cross.
The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson
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I began about Adam and Eve, with an eye to future parsonic probings.
Elizabeth and Her German Garden Elizabeth von Arnim 1903
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Dissenters try to be gentlemen; but George has no misgivings about himself on that score; so he gives his undivided energy to his efforts to be parsonic.
The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage George Bernard Shaw 1903
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Parson Endicott suffered from shortness of sight and a high parsonic manner.
Shining Ferry Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Add something of the parsonic (he was ordained deacon before leaving Oxford, but did not proceed to priest's orders till near the end of his time at Clifton); add a simple natural piety which purged the parsonic of all "churchiness."
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Langham, whether he liked it or not, had to face the parsonic breakfast and the parsonic day.
Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885
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The little accidents of a personal experience had led to wide generalizations, as is the way with us mortals, and the position of the young parson in these days of increased parsonic pretensions was, to Mrs. Elsmere, a position in which there was an inherent risk of absurdity.
Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885
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The little accidents of a personal experience had led to wide generalisations, as is the way with us mortals, and the position of the young parson in these days of increased parsonic pretensions was, to Mrs. Elsmere, a position in which there was an inherent risk of absurdity.
Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885
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