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rectory |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rectory \Rec"to*ry\ (-t?*r?), n.; pl {Rectories} (-r?z). [Cf. OF rectorie or rectorerie LL rectoria.] 1. The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes. 2. A rector's mansion; a parsonage house. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rectory n : an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector [syn: {parsonage}, {vicarage}]
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