imparsonee, a. Eccl. Law.
(ɪmpɑːsəˈniː)
Also 7 impersonee.
[f. med.L. impersōnāta, f. im- (im-1) + persōna parson: after words like appellee (ult. ad. L. appellātus): see -ee1.]
In phr. parson imparsonee, a clergyman duly presented, instituted, and inducted into a parsonage or rectory.
| 1607 Cowell Interpr. s.v. Parson, Parson impersonee (persona impersonata) is he that is in possession of a church. Ibid., A Deane and chapter be persons impersonees of a benefice appropriated vnto them. 1613 Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 197 His plea must be, That the Church is full of his presentment, which a person impersonee cannot say. 1765 Blackstone Comm. I. xi. 391 When a clerk is thus presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, he is then..in full and complete possession, and is called in law persona impersonata, or parson imparsonee. 1845 Stephen Comm. Laws Eng. (1874) II. Notes 677. |