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Webster 1913 Edition
Glebe
Glebe
,Noun.
[F.
glèbe
, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glebe
GLEBE
,Noun.
1.
Turf; soil; ground. Till the glad summons of a genial ray
Unbinds the glebe---
2.
The land belonging to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.3.
A crystal.4.
Among miners, a piece of earth in which is contained some mineral ore.Definition 2024
glebe
glebe
See also: glèbe
English
Noun
glebe (plural glebes)
- Turf; soil; ground; sod.
- 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,
- Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke
- 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
Usage notes
- A number of places are named Glebe.
Derived terms
Translations
area of land belonging to a parish