Meaning of Mas John | Babel Free

Definitions

A Scottish Presbyterian minister, as opposed to an Anglican or Catholic clergyman.

humorous, obsolete

Examples

“In […] Scotland there were I know not how many Mas Johns restored in one day to the work of their Ministry.”

“I should only stipulate that these new Mess-Johns in robes and coronets should keep some sort of bounds in the democratic and levelling principles which are expected from their titled pulpits.”

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