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PARSON , a technical See also:term in See also:English See also:law for the clergyman of the See also:parish. It is a corruption of persona, the parson being, as it were, the persona ecclesiae, or representative of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church in the parish. Parson imparsonee (persona impersonata) is he that as See also:rector is in See also:possession of a church parochial, and of whom the church is full, whether it be presentative or impropriate (See also:Coke upon See also:Littleton, 300 b). The word parson is properly used only of a rector. A parson must be in See also:holy orders; hence a See also:lay rector could not be called a parson. There are four requisites to the See also:appointment of a parson, viz. holy orders, presentation, institution and See also:induction. The parson is See also:tenant for See also:life of the parsonage See also:house, the See also:glebe, the See also:tithes and other dues, so far as they are not appropriated.
See also RECTOR; See also:VICAR; See also:BENEFICE; and TITHES.
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