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glebe-houses

glebe-houses is the plural of glebe-house.

Meaning of glebe-house

Noun

glebe-house (plural glebe-houses)

  1. (UK) A rectory, built for the parish priest, vicar, pastor, or rector, usually at church expense.
    • After mature consideration he made up his mind that the parson should be his ambassador. . . . [H]e mounted his nag, and rode off to Ballindine glebe. The glebe-house was about a couple of miles from Kelly's Court, and it was about half-past four when Lord Ballindine got there.1848, Anthony Trollope, chapter 26, in The Kellys and the O'Kellys

Questions about glebe-houses

What is glebe-houses the plural of?
Glebe-houses is the plural of glebe-house.

Words near glebe-houses in the dictionary

  1. glebe farm
  2. glebe farms
  3. glebe-farm
  4. glebe-farms
  5. glebe-house
  6. glebe-houses
  7. glebe-land
  8. glebe-lands
  9. glebeland
  10. glebelands
  11. glebeless

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