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Parish Priest

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The parson; a minister who holds a parish as a benefice.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. The parson ; a minister who holds a parish as a benefice. If the predial tithes are appropriated, he is called "rector;" if impropriated, "vicar." Wharton.

Defined under Parish in Black's Law Dictionary.