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GLEBE HOUSE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glebe house mean? 

GLEBE HOUSE (noun)
  The noun GLEBE HOUSE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GLEBE HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLEBE HOUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("glebe house" is a kind of...):

parsonage; rectory; vicarage (an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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