parson
a person authorized to conduct religious worship (Freq. 2) - clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches • Syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, pastor, rector • Derivationally related forms: pastoral (for: pastor), pastorship (for: pastor), ministerial (for: minister), minister (for: minister) • Hypernyms: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth • Hyponyms: ministrant
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