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squarson|ˈskwɑːsən|
[A jocular combination of squire n. and parson.]
A clergyman who also holds the position of squire in his parish.
The word is commonly attributed to Bishop Wilberforce (1805–73), but has also been credited to Sydney Smith and others. Cf. L. A. Tollemache Old & Odd Mem. (1908) 174. Squishop, similarly formed from squire and bishop, has also had some currency.
1876Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. (1895) II. 141 James Davies,..squebendary (cf. squarson and squishop) of Hereford. 1877Sat. Rev. 10 March, A learned Bishop..instead of saying that they were squires and parsons combined was in the habit of joining the two words in one and defining them as squarsons. 1879Escott England I. 14 That combination of minister of the Church of England and territorial potentate which Sidney Smith has called Squarson. 1890Baring-Gould Old Country Life 136 A certain Bramston Staynes, who was a squarson in Essex.
attrib.1895Q. Rev. April 554 The average clergyman of the Squarson era.
Hence ˈsquarsonage, squarsoˈnocracy.
1886A. Lang Mark of Cain ix. 109 She left the gray old squarsonage and went to town. 1893Westm. Gaz. 22 March 1/2 The disestablishment of the Squarsonocracy. |