PARSON  , a technical See also:

• TERM

term in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law for the clergyman of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

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 (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector is in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a church parochial, and of whom the church is full, whether it be presentative or impropriate (See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke upon See also:

• LITTLETON (or LYTTELTON), EDWARD, BARON (1589—1645)
• LITTLETON, SIR THOMAS DE (c. 1407-1481)

Littleton, 300 b) . The word parson is properly used only of a rector . A parson must be in See also:

• HOLY

holy orders; hence a See also:

• LAY

lay rector could not be called a parson . There are four requisites to the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of a parson, viz. holy orders, presentation, institution and See also:

• INDUCTION (from Lat. inducere, to lead into; cf. Gr. ilrayu yli)

induction . The parson is See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant for See also:

• LIFE

life of the parsonage See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the See also:

• GLEBE (Lat. glaeba, gleba, clod or lump of earth, hence soil, land)

glebe, the See also:

• TITHES

tithes and other dues, so far as they are not appropriated . See also RECTOR; See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

VICAR; See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

BENEFICE; and TITHES .