Parson

The rector of a church; one that has full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. The appellation of "par-sen," however it may be depreciated by familiar, clownish, and indiscriminate use, is the most legal, most bsnefleial, and most honorable title that a parish priest can enjoy, because such a one, Sir Edward Coke observes, and he only, is said vicem seu per-sonam ecclesiæ gerere, (to represent and bear the person of the church.) 1 Bl. Comm. 384.

— Parson imparsonee. In English law. A clerk or parson in full possession of a benefice. Cowell.

— Parson mortal. A rector instituted and inducted for his own life. But any collegiate or conventional body, to whom a church was forever appropriated, was termed "persona immortalis." Wharton.