Defn: Furnished with a parson.
PARSONIC; PARSONICAL
Par*son"ic, Par*son"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.
Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart. Colman.
— Par*son"ic*al*ly, adv.
PARSONISH
Par"son*ish, a.
Defn: Appropriate to, or like, a parson; — used in disparagement.
[Colloq.]
PART Part, n. Etym: [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.]
1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. Acts v. 2. Our ideas of extension and number — do they not contain a secret relation of the parts Locke. I am a part of all that I have met. Tennyson.
2. Hence, specifically: (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. Ex. xvi. 36. A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. Shak.
(b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body. Locke. The pulse, the glow of every part. Keble.
(c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; — usually in the plural with a collective sense. "Men of considerable parts." Burke. "Great quickness of parts." Macaulay. Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. Shak.