Definitions
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- noun A Hebrew measure of
itinerant distance : one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes.; aparasang .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At 8: 21 PM, parsa said ... hey Nalini ... just wanted to say that I think your books are beyond AWESOME!!!
Q & A Nalini Singh 2009
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A person of distinction asked a parsa, or devout and holy man, saying,
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A voice came from above, answering, "This king is in heaven because of his affection for the holy, and that parsa is in hell because of his connection with the kingly."
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One of the righteous in a dream saw a king in paradise, and a parsa, or holy man, in hell.
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According to superintendent of parsa police Subodh Ghimire the situation was brought under control with the help of Indian policemen.
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According to superintendent of parsa police Subodh Ghimire the situation was brought under control with the help of Indian policemen.
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"zone_info": "huffpost. world/blog; world = 1; nickname = sara-nichols; entry_id = 383650; afghan-womens-network = 1; baad = 1; badal = 1; heroin = 1; marnie-gustavson = 1; morphine = 1; parsa = 1; poppies = 1; taliban = 1; usaid = 1; women-for-afghan-women = 1",
Sara R. Nichols: Afghanistan: Eight Days From the Ground--Part 8 of 8 2009
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"zone_info": "huffpost. world/blog; featured-posts = 1; world = 1; nickname = telmah-parsa; entry_id = 206113; cleric = 1; holocaust = 1; holocaust-revisionism = 1; iran = 1; islamic-republic-of-iran = 1; jews = 1; reading = 1; tehran = 1; tehran-iran = 1; zionism = 1",
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www.afghanistan-parsa.org posted by Terry Dougherty at
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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www.afghanistan-parsa.org posted by Terry Dougherty at
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