Parson

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clergyman fictional character pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales

Parson is a devout and morally upright clergyman in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, often seen as the ideal religious figure among the pilgrims.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Parson canonical	3
Parson (The Canterbury Tales)	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clergyman ⓘ fictional character ⓘ pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
appearsIn	The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
associatedTheme	critique of church corruption ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ true piety ⓘ
contrastedWith	Friar ⓘ Pardoner ⓘ
createdBy	Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
describedIn	The General Prologue ⓘ surface form: The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
ethicalStance	opposes ecclesiastical corruption ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn	frame narrative ⓘ verse and prose narrative ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Middle English literature ⓘ
moralCharacter	devout ⓘ morally upright ⓘ
narrativeFunction	moral exemplar ⓘ
nationalityInFiction	English ⓘ
occupation	parson ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Christianity ⓘ
roleInWork	ideal religious figure among the pilgrims ⓘ
socialStatus	poor but content ⓘ
speaksIn	The Parson’s Tale ⓘ
symbolizes	clerical integrity ⓘ genuine Christian virtue ⓘ
teachesAbout	penance ⓘ sin ⓘ virtue ⓘ
workAuthoredInUniverse	The Parson’s Tale ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Canterbury Tales → containsCharacter → Parson ⓘ

Parsons → hasVariant → Parson ⓘ

Host Harry Bailly → interactsWith → Parson ⓘ

Merchant → contrastsWith → Parson ⓘ

subject surface form: Merchant (The Canterbury Tales)

this entity surface form: Parson (The Canterbury Tales)