parson
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He spoke with the easy grace of a country parson, but no fire and brimstone emanated from his pulpit as he calmly but bracingly recounted what he said was his mother’s family history.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
Roy is mirrored in turn by the later appearance of another parson, Preston Teagardin, played by Robert Pattinson with the same lip-smacking comic flamboyance he recently brought to “The King.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2020
Despite there being two servants to look after the modestly sized parsonage and one modestly sized parson, Emily made a case for needing to be onsite as an extra housekeeper.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018
In a dreary Yankee prison, the rebel confronts his mortal fate before a parson.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2018
Medicine just like the Apothecary refused to make for the parson.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
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