parsonshipn.
/ˈpɑːsn̩ʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpɑrs(ə)nˌʃɪp/ rare.
The position or office of parson; the benefice of a parson.
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parsonhood1793
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1682 R. Ware Foxes & Firebrands: Pt. II 35 in J. Nalson Foxes & Firebrands (new ed.) The Convert continued not fully two years in his Parsonship or Parish before he died.
a1830 J. Urquhart Disc. Faith App., in Mem. (1855) 353 Nor is it necessary to the preaching of the gospel, that we ascend a pulpit, or be surrounded with any of the apparatus of ordinary parsonship.
1919 Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 577 Some of these institutions were to perpetual vicarages, other to chaplaincies, and a few to parsonships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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