Definition of Glebe house

1. Noun. A parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Glebe House

gleanable
gleaned
gleaner
gleaners
gleaning
gleanings
gleans
gleave
gleaves
gleba
glebae
glebal
glebe
glebe-house
glebe-land
glebe house (current term)
glebeless
glebes
glebous
gleby
gled
glede
gledes
gledge
gledged
gledges
gledging
gleds
glee
glee club

Literary usage of Glebe house

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The living is a vicarage, of the clear yearly value of 300/., with a glebe- house, in the rural deanery of Pottern, in the archdeaconry of Wilts, ..."

2. A History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island: Including a by Wilkins Updike, Daniel Goodwin, James MacSparran (1907)
"years he officiated chiefly in South Kingstown, residing •..;. presumably in the glebe house. It was due probably to ' . : this fait that the Diocesan ..."

3. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Phillimore (1842)
"... in lieu of and in exchange for such parsonage or glebe house, outbuildings ... be the parsonage and glebe house and glebe lands and premises of the said ..."

4. The Jurist by Great Britain, Great Britain Courts (1858)
"No such lease shall include the glebe-house, mansion- house, or place of residence of any ecclesiastical person, or the demesne, lands, garden, ..."

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