parson

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parson/ˈpɑːsn/

▶noun a beneficed member of the Anglican clergy; a rector or vicar.

■ informal any clergyman, especially a Protestant one.

– derivatives
parsonic adjective,
parsonical adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. persone, from L. persona ‘person’ (in med. L. ‘rector’).