Glebe \Glebe\, n. [F. gl[`e]be, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.] 1. A lump; a clod. 2. Turf; soil; ground; sod. Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. --Milton. 3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
glebe n : plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office