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parsonage

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   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.

   3. Money paid for the support of a parson. [Scot.]

            What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage
            and vicarage, for?                    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Source : WordNet®

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