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- noun Plural form of
rectory .
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Examples
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That the creation and endowment of the rectories were the means of greatly intensifying the general discontent throughout the Province, and that they were thus factors in bringing about the Rebellion, is beyond question; though to say, as has been said by Mackenzie and others, that they were the _prime_ factors, is to talk nonsense.
The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion John Charles Dent 1864
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The Congregation for the Clergy rulings, dated in late January, distinguishes between Roman Catholic parishes — which are territorial entities that include all of the Catholic buildings within them, such as rectories, schools and meeting halls — and the main church building within those parishes.
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The Congregation for the Clergy rulings, dated in late January, distinguishes between Roman Catholic parishes — which are territorial entities that include all of the Catholic buildings within them, such as rectories, schools and meeting halls — and the main church building within those parishes.
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These guys need to stop letting seminarians get into their rectories.
New Archbishop: "Homosexuality Not A Sin" Dungeekin 2009
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Parishes are broader territorial entities that include churches and other Catholic buildings, such as rectories.
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Parishes are broader territorial entities that include churches and other Catholic buildings, such as rectories.
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Parishes are broader territorial entities that include churches and other Catholic buildings, such as rectories.
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Parishes are broader territorial entities that include churches and other Catholic buildings, such as rectories.
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And their records – kept loosely in schools or church rectories, where they are easy to steal – draw as much as $6,000 on the black market.
Puerto Ricans, ID Theft Targets: Hispanic Last Names Sought To Hide Illegal Immigrants 2010
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Meanwhile, priests like Selvaraj live for years in a state of limbo, evicted from parishes and rectories, prohibited from presenting themselves as clerics or administering sacraments, and branded all but guilty in the public eye.
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