parson

英 ['pɑ?s(?)n] 美['pɑrsn]

TEM8中低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?parsons;

1. Parson and person started off as the same word but split into two.

parson 教區(qū)牧師

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)persona,人，詞源同person.現(xiàn)詞義可能縮寫(xiě)自persona ecclesiae,教會(huì)，教堂，詞源同ecclesiastic.

parson: parson: [13] Parson and person started off as the same word (both come from Latin persōna) but split into two. It is not altogether clear why parson came to be used for a ‘priest’. It may simply have been a specialized application of an extended post-classical sense of Latin persōna, ‘person of rank, important person, personage’ – hence ‘person of high position within the church’. But it has also been speculated that it originated in the notion of the priest as the ‘person’ who legally embodied the parish (who could for example sue or be sued on behalf of the parish).
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parson (n.): late 12c., from Anglo-French and Old French persone "curate, parson, holder of Church office" (12c.), from Medieval Latin persona "parson" (see person). Ecclesiastical use is obscure; it might refer to the "person" legally holding church property, or it may be an abbreviation of persona ecclesiae "person of the church."

1. The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard.: 走在行進(jìn)隊(duì)伍最前面的教區(qū)牧師剛剛向右轉(zhuǎn)彎，朝著教堂墓地走去。

2. There remained the schoolmaster - probably now a reverend parson.: 還有他那位教師哪,也許現(xiàn)在是一位令人敬重的牧師了.

3. Going by Parson Clarke's, he caught a glimpse of two men talking in the Parson's room.: 他經(jīng)過(guò)克拉克牧師家門(mén)口的時(shí)候, 瞥見(jiàn)牧師家的客廳里有兩個(gè)人在說(shuō)話.

4. In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight.: 在有些國(guó)家,愛(ài)打獵的牧師并非不常見(jiàn).