单词 | parsonical |
释义 | parsonicaladj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a parson or parsons; resembling a parson, esp. by being dogmatic or moralistic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [adjective] parson-like1666 parsonical1679 parsonic1761 parsonly1775 parsonish1824 parsonese1860 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow iii. 40 Prig.: I your Chaplain? ha, ha! if my face would but look solid enough for a Divine. L. Cheat.: I warrant you, 'tis a very judicious face, and will be very Parsonical. 1782 E. Blower George Bateman II. 175 Her father has imbued a heap of his parsonical, pietical notions into her head. 1834 Life 1 97 Please to let me know how your parsonical duties go on. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. iv. 68 It sounded to him a trifle parsonical. 1902 Irish Rosary 6 77/2 His [sc. Robert Herrick's] verse..is on the whole more poetical than parsonical. 1972 Times 13 Oct. 3/6 I never wear a parsonical collar unless someone asks me to. 1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 131 I'm rather miffed no-one asked me to source it, actually. It's thoroughly respectable, not to say parsonical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1679 |
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