parson

英 ['pɑːs(ə)n] 美 ['pɑrsn]

1. Parson and person started off as the same word but split into two.

parson 教区牧师

来自拉丁语persona,人，词源同person.现词义可能缩写自persona ecclesiae,教会，教堂，词源同ecclesiastic.

parson: parson: [13] Parson and person started off as the same word (both come from Latin persōna) but split into two. It is not altogether clear why parson came to be used for a ‘priest’. It may simply have been a specialized application of an extended post-classical sense of Latin persōna, ‘person of rank, important person, personage’ – hence ‘person of high position within the church’. But it has also been speculated that it originated in the notion of the priest as the ‘person’ who legally embodied the parish (who could for example sue or be sued on behalf of the parish).
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parson (n.): late 12c., from Anglo-French and Old French persone "curate, parson, holder of Church office" (12c.), from Medieval Latin persona "parson" (see person). Ecclesiastical use is obscure; it might refer to the "person" legally holding church property, or it may be an abbreviation of persona ecclesiae "person of the church."

1. The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard.: 走在行进队伍最前面的教区牧师刚刚向右转弯，朝着教堂墓地走去。

2. There remained the schoolmaster - probably now a reverend parson.: 还有他那位教师哪,也许现在是一位令人敬重的牧师了.

3. Going by Parson Clarke's, he caught a glimpse of two men talking in the Parson's room.: 他经过克拉克牧师家门口的时候, 瞥见牧师家的客厅里有两个人在说话.

4. In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight.: 在有些国家,爱打猎的牧师并非不常见.