Rector, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.
Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Clergyman, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones.
Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling.
Christian, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.
Childhood, n. The period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
Seine, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.
Accountability, n. The mother of caution.
Cat, n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.
Poker, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.
