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The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. Wharton.

Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession. -- n.

cal preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher. He hears the parson pray and preach. Longfellow. Parson bird (Zoöl.), a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera Novæseelandiæ) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words. Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of l…

A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

Furnished with a parson.

Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical. Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart. Colman. -- Par*son"ic*al*ly, adv.

Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement. [Colloq.]

A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson.

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

A striving after. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

To apply. [Obs.] The act of faith is applicated to the object. Bp. Pearson.

Wearing an apron. A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope.

Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor. A parson much bemused in beer. Pope.

The institution, government, or authority of a church. [R.] Bp. Pearson.

ranted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a church or other corporation sole. Blackstone. -- Common of estovers, the right of taking wood from another's estate. -- Common of pasture, the right of feeding beasts on the land of another. Burill. -- Common of pisc…

Participation in the Lord's supper. Bp. Pearson.

In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.

Agreeing in mind; accordant. The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson.

terpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text. Parsons. Construction of an equation (Math.), the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities in the equation, and their relations to each other. -- Construction train (Railroad), a train for t…