The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section P and Q
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||Par*ke"ri*a (?), n. [NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British ||zoˆlogist.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera ||found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly ||so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
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Parkes"ine (?), n. [So called from Mr. Parkes, the inventor.] A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.
Park"leaves` (?), n. (Bot.) A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
Par"lance (?), n. [OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See Parley.] Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.
A hate of gossip parlance and of sway.
Tennyson.
{ ||Par*lan"do (?), ||Par*lan"te (?), } a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
Parle (?), v. i. [F. parler. See Parley.] To talk; to converse; to parley. [Obs.] Shak.
Finding himself too weak, began to parle.
Milton.
Parle, n. Conversation; talk; parley. [Obs.]
They ended parle, and both addressed for fight.
Milton.
Par"ley (?), n.; pl. Parleys (#). [F. parler speech, talk, fr. parler to speak, LL. parabolare, fr. L. parabola a comparison, parable, in LL., a word. See Parable, and cf. Parliament, Parlor.] Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain.
Dryden.
To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the enemy.
Par"ley, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Parleyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parleying.] To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
They are at hand, To parley or to fight; therefore prepare.
Shak.
Par"lia*ment (?), n. [OE. parlement, F. parlement, fr. parler to speak; cf. LL. parlamentum, parliamentum. See Parley.] 1. A parleying; a discussion; a conference. [Obs.]
But first they held their parliament.
Rom. of R.
2. A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws.
They made request that it might be lawful for them to summon a parliament of Gauls.
Golding.
3. The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws.
Thought the sovereign is a constituting branch of Parliament, the word is generally used to denote the three estates named above.
4. In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.
Parliament heel, the inclination of a ship when made to careen by shifting her cargo or ballast. -- Parliament hinge (Arch.), a hinge with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall. -- Long Parliament, Rump Parliament. See under Long, and Rump.
Par`lia*men"tal (?), a. Parliamentary. [Obs.]
Par`lia*men*ta"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood.
Par`lia*men*ta"ri*an, n. 1. (Eng. Hist.) One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I. Walpole.
2. One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.
Par`lia*men"ta*ri*ly (?), adv. In a parliamentary manner.
Par`lia*men"ta*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. parlementaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon.
2. Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act. Sir M. Hale.
3. According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion.
Parliamentary agent, a person, usually a solicitor, professionally employed by private parties to explain and recommend claims, bills, etc., under consideration of Parliament. [Eng.] -- Parliamentary train, one of the trains which, by act of Parliament, railway companies are required to run for the conveyance of third-class passengers at a reduced rate. [Eng.]
Par"lor (?), n. [OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL. parlatorium. See Parley.] [Written also parlour.] A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc. Specifically: (a) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without. Piers Plowman. (b) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor. (c) Commonly, in the United States, a drawing- room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.
"In England people who have a drawing-room no longer call it a parlor, as they called it of old and till recently." Fitzed. Hall.
Parlor car. See Palace car, under Car.
Par"lous (?), a. [For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous.] 1. Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [Archaic] "A parlous snuffing." Beau. & Fl.
2. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs.] "A parlous boy." Shak. "A parlous wit." Dryden. -- Par"lous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Par"lous*ness, n. [Obs.]
Par`me*san" (?), a. [F. parmesan, It. parmigiano.] Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.
Parmesan cheese, a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.
||Par*nas"si*a (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs growing in wet ||places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.
Par*nas"sian (?), a. [L. Parnassius.] Of or pertaining to Parnassus.
Par*nas"sian, n. [See Parnassus.] (Zoˆl.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.
Par*nas"sus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]
Par`oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. [Pref. para- + occipital.] (Anat.) Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
Pa*ro"chi*al (?), a. [LL. parochialis, from L. parochia. See Parish.] Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties. "Parochial pastors." Bp. Atterbury. Hence, limited; narrow. "The parochial mind." W. Black.
Pa*ro"chi*al*ism (?), n. The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.
Pa*ro`chi*al"i*ty (?), n. The state of being parochial. [R.] Sir J. Marriot.
Pa*ro"chi*al*ize (?), v. t. To render parochial; to form into parishes.
Pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv. In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Pa*ro"chi*an (?), a. [See Parochial, Parishioner.] Parochial. [Obs.] "Parochian churches." Bacon.
Pa*ro"chi*an, n. [LL. parochianus.] A parishioner. [Obs.] Ld. Burleigh.
{ Pa*rod"ic (?), Pa*rod"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. parodique.] Having the character of parody.
Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical.
T. Warton.
Par"o*dist (?), n. [Cf. F. parodiste.] One who writes a parody; one who parodies. Coleridge.
Par"o*dy (?), n.; pl. Parodies (#). [L. parodia, Gr. &?;; para` beside + &?; a song: cf. F. parodie. See Para-, and Ode.]
1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great applause.
Macaulay.
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
Par"o*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parodying.] [Cf. F. parodier.] To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace.
Pope.
Par"o*ket` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Paroquet.
Pa*rol" (?), n. [See Parole, the same word.]
1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]
2. (Law) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal. Blackstone.
Pa*rol", a. Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.
Parol arrest (Law), an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate. -- Parol contract (Law), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract. Chitty. Story.
Pa*role" (?), n. [F. parole. See Parley, and cf. Parol.] 1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]
2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.
This man had forfeited his military parole.
Macaulay.
3. (Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
4. (Law) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
Pa*role", a. See 2d Parol.
Pa*role", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paroled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paroling.] (Mil.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
Par`o*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. fr. &?;, fr. &?; to grant; &?; by, near + &?; to speak together, agree. See Homologous.] (Rhet.) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
||Par`o*no*ma"si*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to form a word by ||a slight change; para` beside + &?; to name, fr. &?; a name.] (Rhet.) ||A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in ||different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to ||each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; ||punning. Dryden.
{ Par`o*no*mas"tic (?), Par`o*no*mas"tic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
Par`o*nom"a*sy (?), n. [Cf. F. paronomasie.] Paronomasia. [R.] B. Jonson.
||Par`o*nych"i*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; para` beside + &?;, &?;, a ||nail.] (Med.) A whitlow, or felon. Quincy.
Par"o*nym (?), n. A paronymous word. [Written also paronyme.]
Pa*ron"y*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; para` beside, near + &?; a name.] 1. Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.
2. Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al&?; and awl; hair and hare, etc.
Pa*ron"y*my, n. The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.
||Par`o*ˆph"o*ron (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; (see Para-) + &?; an egg + ||&?; to bear.] (Anat.) A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some ||animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.
Par"o*quet` (?), n. [F. perroquet, or Sp. periquito; both prob. orig. meaning, little Peter. See Parrot.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Parrakeet. [Written also paroket, parroquet, and perroquet.]
Paroquet auk or auklet (Zoˆl.), a small auk (Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also perroquet auk.
||Pa*ror"chis (?), n. [NL. See Para- , and Orchis.] (Anat.) The part of ||the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of ||the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.
Pa*ros"te*al (?), (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification.
||Par`os*to"sis (?), n. [NL. See Para-, and Ostosis.] (Physiol.) ||Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the ||formation of bone outside of the periosteum.
Par`os*tot"ic (?), a. Pertaining to parostosis.
Pa*rot"ic (?), a. [See Parotid.] (Anat.) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.
Parotic region (Zoˆl.), the space around the ears.
Pa*rot"id (?), a. [L. parotis, -idis, Gr. &?;, &?;; para` beside, near + &?;, &?;, the ear: cf. F. parotide. ] (Anat.) (a) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.
Parotid gland (Anat.), one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw.
Pa*rot"id, n. (Anat.) The parotid gland.
Par`o*ti"tis (?), n. [NL. See Parotid, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the parotid glands.
Epidemic, or Infectious, parotitis, mumps.
Par"o*toid (?), a. [Parotid + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs. -- n. A parotoid gland.
||Pa*rou"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;. See Parusia.] (a) The nativity ||of our Lord. (b) The last day. Shipley.
||Par`o*va"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See Para-, and Ovarium.] (Anat.) A group ||of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ||ovary or oviduct; the epoˆphoron.
Par"ox*ysm (?), n. [F. paroxysme, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to sharpen, irritate; para` beside, beyond + &?; to sharpen, from &?; sharp.] 1. (Med.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions. Arbuthnot.
2. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
The returning paroxysms of diffidence and despair.
South.
Par`ox*ys"mal (?), a. Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper. -- Par`ox*ys"mal*ly, adv.
Par*ox"y*tone (?), n. [Gr. &?;, a. See Para-, and Oxytone.] (Gr. Gram.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
Par*quet" (?), n. [F. See Parquetry.]
1. A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit.
2. Same as Parquetry.
Par"quet*age (?), n. See Parquetry.
Par"quet*ed, a. Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and differently colored figures.
One room parqueted with yew, which I liked well.
Evelyn.
Par"quet*ry (?), n. [F. parqueterie, fr. parquet inlaid flooring, fr. parquet, dim. of parc an inclosure. See Park.] A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors.
Par*quette" (?), n. See Parquet.
Parr (?), n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. bradan a salmon.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling. (b) A young leveret.
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{ Par"ra*keet` (?), Par"a*keet` }, n. [See Paroquet.] (Zoˆl.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet.
Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to the genus Paleornis; others belong to Polytelis, Platycercus, Psephotus, Euphema, and allied genera. The American parrakeets mostly belong to the genus Conurus, as the Carolina parrakeet (C. Carolinensis).
{ Par"ral (?), Par"rel (?), } n. [F. appareil. See Apparel, n.] 1. (Naut.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure. Totten.
2. A chimney-piece. Halliwell.
||Par*ra"qua (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied ||to the guan.
||Par*rhe"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; para` beside, beyond + &?; a ||speaking.] (Rhet.) Boldness or freedom of speech.
Par"ri*ci`dal (?), a. [L. parricidalis, parricidialis. See Parricide.] Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.
Par"ri*cide (?), n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]
1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
2. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
Par`ri*cid"i*ous (?), a. Parricidal. [Obs.]
Par"rock (?), n. [AS. pearruc, pearroc. See Park.] A croft, or small field; a paddock. [Prov. Eng.]
Par"rot (?), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.] 1. (Zoˆl.) In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
2. (Zoˆl.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family PsittacidÊ, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
Carolina parrot (Zoˆl.), the Carolina parrakeet. See Parrakeet. -- Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zoˆl.) See Kakapo. -- Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] -- Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green, n. -- Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant (Bocconia frutescens) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. -- Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zoˆl.), any fish of the genus Scarus. One species (S. Cretensis), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Par"rot, v. t. To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
Par"rot, v. i. To chatter like a parrot.
Par"rot*er (?), n. One who simply repeats what he has heard. [R.] J. S. Mill.
Par"rot*ry (?), n. Servile imitation or repetition. [R.] Coleridge. "The supine parrotry." Fitzed. Hall.
Par"rot's-bill` (?), n. [So called from the resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot's bill.] (Bot.) The glory pea. See under Glory.
Par"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying.] [F. parÈ, p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t.]
1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke.
Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw.
Cowper.
2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
The French government has parried the payment of our claims.
E. Everett.
Par"ry, v. i. To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc. Locke.
Par"ry, n.; pl. Parries (&?;). A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
Parse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parsing.] [L. pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.] (Gram.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.
Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly.
Ascham.
Par"see (?), n. [Hind. & Per. prs a Persian, a follower of Zoroaster, a fire worshiper. Cf. Persian.]
1. One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber.
2. The Iranian dialect of much of the religious literature of the Parsees.
Par"see*ism (?), n. The religion and customs of the Parsees.
Pars"er (?), n. One who parses.
Par`si*mo"ni*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See Parsimony.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
Bacon.
Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money.
Addison.
Syn. -- Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious.
Par"si*mo*ny (?), n. [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon.
Awful parsimony presided generally at the table.
Thackeray.
Syn. -- Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness; closeness; stinginess. See Economy.
Pars"ley (?), n. [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. &?;; &?; stone + &?; parsley. Cf. Celery.] (Bot.) An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish.
As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit.
Shak.
Fool's parsley. See under Fool. - - Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley. -- Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley (Cryptogramme crispa). -- Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
Pars"nip (?), n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.
Cow parsnip. See Cow parsnip. -- Meadow parsnip, the European cow parsnip. - - Poison parsnip, the wild stock of the parsnip. -- Water parsnip, any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sium, the species of which are poisonous.
Par"son (?), n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See Person.]
1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.
2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
He hears the parson pray and preach.
Longfellow.
Parson bird (Zoˆl.), a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera NovÊseelandiÊ) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words. Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage bird.
Par"son*age (?), n. 1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.
2. The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.
3. Money paid for the support of a parson. [Scot.]
What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for?
Sir W. Scott.
Par"soned (?), a. Furnished with a parson.
{ Par*son"ic (?), Par*son"ic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.
Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart.
Colman.
-- Par*son"ic*al*ly, adv.
Par"son*ish (?), a. Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement. [Colloq.]