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Meanings of parson in English
Profession. presbyter in front of a Christian parish in general.
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Examples for "minister"
Examples for "minister"
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But today we can confirm two cases, health minister Tewedros Adhanhom said.
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Northern Ireland Office health minister Paul Goggins announced the service last week.
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Before becoming Europe minister, Beaune served as President Emmanuel Macron's Europe adviser.
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However, Tanzania's agriculture minister for Charles Tizeba said the situation is manageable.
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Diane Abbott, shadow public health minister, said government was not doing enough.
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Erika: Our cool pastor talked about order, family is your first priority.
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The sometimes controversial pastor, Father Michael Pfleger, leads protests against gun violence.
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But I did speak with the pastor of the family, he said.
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The pastor officiating at his funeral said he obviously loved his family.
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Elias Graves was pastor of one of the largest churches in Ithaca.
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I asked the rector, and he said, Yes, how did you know?
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Early in the morning the rector came to me at the inn.
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The dear rector of course would marry them in this simple manner.
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No voice was raised to blame the rector; the bishop kept silence.
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The air changed with the arrival of the new rector, the Rev.
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Local creatives curate social events, including live music on the rooftop terrace.
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It's an artist-to-artist system to build and curate a collection of work.
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But Mrs Strange's father was curate of my parish for forty-seven years.
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It is my responsibility to curate the Applied Arts and Craft collection.
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We will curate the Afro content on their video on demand service.
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You are a minister of religion, and you are an old man.
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Perhaps, in a crisis, a minister of religion is better armed than a philosopher.
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The intervention of a priest or minister of religion made curses of none effect.
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And yet you wouldn't think it, would you?- Iwasa minister of religion once.
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His final appeal to the chairman as a professing minister of religion was a masterpiece.
Usage of parson in English
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The oppressors of the parson had been the oppressors of the squire.
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The parson in his silk cassock, and his helpmate in brown damask.
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He went into the church and found the parson in his shirt-sleeves.
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Then the parson bethought him of the evil case he was in.
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People dropped in occasionally and sat and thought of the dead parson.
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Nor did the well-meaning parson entirely escape comment in the higher quarters.
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The strain was too great for the nerves of the little parson.
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Harry heard the door of the street as the parson slammed it.
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Beside the hog-stealing parson and the little grey-faced pickpocket there were also:
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The parson had listened from afar in a state of dull indifference.
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The parson of Brönö had never been out in such weather before.
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Even the parson said, I should be the pride of the county.
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Eagerly the parson read the words, and scanned the names scrawled below.
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When the parson preached, he preached from the steps of the altar.
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I'm just a country parson; I don't even have the Word anymore-
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The parson took the candle away, and it was never seen again.
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Parson across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare