Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being a parson.
- noun The clergy.
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- noun rare
parsons collectively; the world of parsons i.e. the establishedchurch
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Examples
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But his sins against parsondom were becoming very grievous in her eyes, and she was at a loss to know what steps to take.
Framley Parsonage 2004
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Now the archdeacon was not exactly adorned; but he was so thoroughly imbued with high clerical belongings and sacerdotal fitnesses as to appear always as a walking, sitting, or standing impersonation of parsondom.
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Grace, as she entered the room, he appeared to be a personation of parsondom in its severest aspect.
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She had selected him, and she was by no means inclined to give him up, even though his sins against parsondom were grievous.
Framley Parsonage 2004
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But you know as well as I do that other people won't do the like, and five-sixths of women will stop in the doll stage of evolution to be the stronghold of parsondom, the drag on civilisation, the degradation of every important pursuit with which they mix themselves -- "intrigues" in politics, and "friponnes" in science.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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But his sins against parsondom were becoming very grievous in her eyes, and she was at a loss to know what steps to take.
Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope 1848
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Grace, as she entered the room, he appeared to be an impersonation of parsondom in its severest aspect.
The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1848
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She had selected him, and she was by no means inclined to give him up, even though his sins against parsondom were grievous.
Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope 1848
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a walking, sitting, or standing impersonation of parsondom.
The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1848
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But you know as well as I do that other people won't do the like, and five-sixths of women will stop in the doll stage of evolution to be the stronghold of parsondom, the drag on civilisation, the degradation of every important pursuit with which they mix themselves ” "intrigues" in politics, and
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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