Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A parsonage.
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- noun chiefly UK A
rectory , built for the parishpriest ,vicar ,pastor , orrector , usually at church expense.
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Examples
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Darden came at times, sat in Mistress Stagg's sunny parlor, and talked to his sometime ward much as he had talked in the glebe-house living room, -- discursively, of men and parochial affairs and his own unmerited woes.
Audrey Mary Johnston 1903
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She was hungry, and as she walked she ate a piece of bread taken from the glebe-house larder.
Audrey Mary Johnston 1903
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The glebe-house was about a couple of miles from Kelly's Court, and it was about half-past four when Lord Ballindine got there.
The Kellys and the O'Kellys Anthony Trollope 1848
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It is necessary to state here, that the glebe-house of that gentleman was situated within about two hundred yards of two crossroads, one of which went by the gate of entrance to it.
The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
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To return now to Darby, whose steps have been directed, not exactly towards Constitution Cottage, but towards the spacious glebe-house of the Rev. Phineas Lucre, which brought him about a mile or two out of his way.
Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
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On the loft, attached to the glebe-house of the Protestant pastor of the parish, the eye rested upon a pond as smooth as a mirror, except where an occasional swan, as it floated onwards without any apparent effort, left here and there a slight quivering ripple behind it.
Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
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Just then the cry was heard, "The priest is dying;" whereupon the abbess, Diliana, indeed the whole convent, rushed out to visit him at the glebe-house.
Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 Wilhelm Meinhold 1824
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His subsequent behaviour made Dr. Beaumont not only pardon the infirmities of a wounded spirit, but also apply the balm of friendship to them, by giving the stranger a most cordial invitation to the glebe-house, where he promised him a friendly welcome as often as he was disposed to relish the quiet habits of his family.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Jane West 1805
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The glebe-house was about a couple of miles from Kelly’s
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"glebe-house" which is the abode of the missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and in the presence of ten of the fourteen clergy of Connecticut who were ministering in their cures at the close of the War of the Revolution.
Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. Diocese Of Connecticut
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