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parsonical
adjective as in clerical
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Jane Austen isn't castigated for wasting her time on parsonical gentry; she is praised for being so honest as to write only about what she knew.
From The Guardian
A very parsonical fellow, Mr. Kelly.
From Project Gutenberg
“He is a prince!” he said with pathos, and answered himself in a drawly, sing-song parsonical voice.
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British writers, in fact, use humor to put across "a social message which might otherwise seem either boring or too plainly parsonical."
"Now, Bill Gray, that's a very parsonical view of yours, isn't it?" said Holgate with a sneer.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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