Parsonage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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     3. Money paid for the support of a parson. [Scot.]
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              What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage
              and vicarage, for?                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parsonage
       n : an official residence provided by a church for its parson or
           vicar or rector [syn: {vicarage}, {rectory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "parsonage":
     Dymaxion house, White House, adobe house, building, casa,
     church house, clergy house, cliff dwelling, consulate,
     country house, country seat, dacha, deanery, dwelling house,
     edifice, embassy, erection, fabric, farm, farmhouse, glebe, hall,
     house, houseboat, lake dwelling, living machine, lodge,
     manor house, manse, pastorage, pastorate, penthouse,
     prefabricated house, presbytery, presidential palace, ranch house,
     rectory, roof, skyscraper, sod house, split-level, structure,
     town house, vicarage