Both Uses

parched
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Murder in the Cathedral
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Seek the way of martyrdom, make yourself the" lowest Oh earthj to be high in heaven, And see far off below you, where the gulf is fixed, Your persecutors, in timeless torment, Parched passion, beyond expiation.†
Chpt 1

parched = dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
And war among men defiles this world, but death in the Lord renews it, And the world must be cleaned in the winter, or we shall have only A sour spring, a parched summer, an empty harvest.†
Chpt 2 *

Definitions:

(1) (parched)
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)