Definition of Parsonage

1. Noun. An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.

Exact synonyms: Rectory, Vicarage
Specialized synonyms: Glebe House
Generic synonyms: Residence

Definition of Parsonage

1. n. A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

Definition of Parsonage

1. Noun. A house provided by the church for a parson, vicar or rector. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parsonage

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parsonage

parsley frog
parsley haw
parsleyed
parsleys
parslied
parsnep
parsneps
parsnip
parsniplike
parsnippy
parsnips
parsnipy
parson
parson's nose
parson bird
parsonage (current term)
parsonages
parsondom
parsoned
parsonic
parsonical
parsonish
parsonsite
part
part-of-speech
part-owner
part-singing
part-song
part-time
part-time bowler

Literary usage of Parsonage

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

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Colonel Fitz- william had called at the parsonage more than once during the time, but Mr Darcy they had only seen at church. The invitation was accepted of ..."

2. Lost Chapters Recovered from the Early History of American Methodism by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley (1858)
"THE FIRST METHODIST parsonage Of AMERICA. • The Building invested with peculiar ... They did not dignify it with the name of parsonage, for parsons were ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence: In which the by James Elmes (1827)
"I.—A parsonage house, in architectural jurispru- Definition of ... —If a parsonage or vicarage house be destroyed parsonage in any way by the incumbent's ..."

4. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut by Sarah Johnson Prichard (1896)
"The pastor's family removed from the old parsonage to the new during Thanksgiving week, 1893. 1893, April 17. The so-called "parsonage lot" or "little ..."

5. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1840)
"WHEREAS, the ground allotted for the building of the parsonage House Preamble. of the Parish of St. Michael, by an Act of the General Assembly of this ..."

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