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parsonage


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parsonage  \Par"son*age\,  n. 
  1.  (Eng.  Eccl.  Law)  A  certain  portion  of  lands,  tithes,  and 
  offerings,  for  the  maintenance  of  the  parson  of  a  parish. 
 
  2.  The  glebe  and  house,  or  the  house  only,  owned  by  a  parish 
  or  ecclesiastical  society,  and  appropriated  to  the 
  maintenance  or  use  of  the  incumbent  or  settled  pastor. 
 
  3.  Money  paid  for  the  support  of  a  parson.  [Scot.] 
 
  What  have  I  been  paying  stipend  and  teind,  parsonage 
  and  vicarage,  for?  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parsonage 
  n  :  an  official  residence  provided  by  a  church  for  its  parson  or 
  vicar  or  rector  [syn:  {vicarage},  {rectory}] 




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