squarsonn.
/ˈskwɑːsən/ 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.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [noun] > also squire
squarson1876
1876 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 141 James Davies,..squebendary (cf. squarson and squishop) of Hereford.
1877 Sat. Rev. 10 Mar. 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.
1879 T. H. S. Escott England I. 14 That combination of minister of the Church of England and territorial potentate which Sidney Smith has called Squarson.
1890 S. Baring-Gould Old Country Life 136 A certain Bramston Staynes, who was a squarson in Essex.
1895 Q. Rev. Apr. 554 The average clergyman of the Squarson era.
Derivatives
ˈsquarsonage n.
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society > faith > artefacts > clerical residence (general) > other clerical residences > [noun] > squarson's
squarsonage1886
1886 A. Lang Mark of Cain ix. 109 She left the gray old squarsonage and went to town.
squarsoˈnocracy n.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of ecclesiastics > who are also squires
squarsonocracy1893
1893 Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar. 1/2 The disestablishment of the Squarsonocracy.
squarsonry n.
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1913 Glasgow Herald 18 Oct. 11/1 High Churchism and Low Churchism, pluralities and privileges, and all kinds of squarsonry.
1920 Glasgow Herald 13 Feb. 8 In the rural districts it has been the Church of the Squire rather than the Church of the people... A bold departure from the traditions of squarsonry would be an appropriate item in ‘reconstruction’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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