(UK, historical) A clergyman based in or near the Fleet Prison, who performed Fleet marriages (a kind of clandestine marriage).
(UK, historical) A clergyman based in or near the Fleet Prison, who performed Fleet marriages (a kind of clandestine marriage). The practice continued up to the 18th century.
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(UK, historical) An irregular or clandestine marriage taking place in Fleet Prison, London, England, before the Marriage Act came into force in 1754.
An Anglican clergyman who regularly engages in fox hunting.
(UK, legal, religion) A clergyman presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
(UK, 19th century) One who fulfils (an office) with insufficient dignity.
(obsolete, UK, thieves) A parson.