parsonic

adjective

par·​son·​ic

(ˈ)pär¦sänik

variants or less commonly parsonical

-nə̇kəl

: of, resembling, or having the characteristics of a parson : clerical sense 1

a secular as well as a parsonic view of life

—Edward Peacock

his rejection of the parsonical career

—W. J. Locke

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