subs. (common).—A clergyman: specifically a blundering or ignorant preacher. For synonyms, see SKY-PILOT.
1600. SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It, iii. 3, 43. I have been with Sir Oliver MARTEXT, the vicar of the next parish. Ibid., v. 1. 5. A most vile MARTEXT.
1663. KILLIGREW, The Parson’s Wedding, i., 1 [DODSLEY, Old Plays (HAZLITT), 4th ed., 1875, xiv., p. 385]. Adieu, heir-apparent to Sir Oliver MAR-TEXT!
