parson-in-the-pulpit love

parson-in-the-pulpit

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The wake-robin of Europe. See Arum, 1, and compare jack-in-the-pulpit.

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  • Ultimately, because they all postulate the same shopworn concept, Armstrong is really just a sort of parson-in-the-pulpit for the thinking person.

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  • Ultimately, because they all postulate the same shopworn concept, Armstrong is really just a sort of parson-in-the-pulpit for the thinking person.

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