 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 518 pages
...becaufe by his perfon the church, which is an invifible body, is reprefented ; and he is in himfelf a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church (which he perfonates) by a perpetual fucceflion ". He is fometimes called the reftor, or governor, of the church... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1793 - 686 pages
...becaufe by his perfon the church, which is an invifible body, is reprefented ; and he is in himfelf a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church (which he perfonates) by a perpetual fucceflion ". He is fometimes called the reftor, or governor, of the church:... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1820 - 694 pages
...CORNUCOPIA. PABSON, (ETYMOLOGY OF.)* PARSON, (persona.) A clergyman is so called, says Blackstone,* because by his person, the church, which is an invisible...(which he personates) by a perpetual succession.^ This is a very plausible, and has been the generally received and accredited derivation of the term... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...one that hath full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. He is called parson, fiersona, because by his person the church, which is an invisible...(which he personates) by a perpetual succession". He is sometimes called the rector, or governor, of the church : but the appellation offiarson (however... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christianity - 1807 - 508 pages
...rights of a parochial church. Se is called parson (persona), because by his person the church, yhich is an invisible body, is represented, and he is in...defend the rights of the church, which he personates. There are three ranks of clergymen below that of a dignity, viz. parson, vicar, and curate. Parson... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 684 pages
...vulture. It a said to feed on vegetables. PARROT. See PSITTACUS. PARSON, signifies the rector of a church. He is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church by a perpetual succession. When a parson is instituted mid inducted into a reciury, be is then, and... | |
 | Charles Buck - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...COVF.TOUSNESS. PARSON (persona ecclesi't}, one that hath full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. He is called parson (persona), because by...defend the rights of the church, which he personates. There are three ranks of clergymen below that of a dignitary, viz. parson, vicar, and curate. Parson... | |
 | Charles Buck - Theology - 1815 - 546 pages
...by his person tile church, which is an invisible body, is represented, and he ¡s in himself a bcdy corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church, which he personates. There are three ranks of clergymen below that of a dignity, viz. parson, vicar, and curate. Parson... | |
 | John Adolphus - Commonwealth of Nations - 1818 - 560 pages
...becaufe, by his perfon, the church, which is an invifible body, is reprefented, and he is in himfelf a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church, which he perfonates, by a perpetual fucceffion. He is fometimes called the refter, or governor of the church... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...of the word " Parson". Parson, (persona.) A clergyman is so called, says Blackslone, because by bis person, the church, which is an invisible body, is...church, (which he personates) by a perpetual succession. This is a very plausible, and has been the generally received and accredited derivation of the term... | |
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He is called parson, persona, because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented; and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church, which he personates, by a perpetual succession. 
