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Webster 1913 Edition
Rectory
Rec′to-ry
(-t?-r?)
, Noun.
pl.
Rectories
(-r[GREEK]z)
. [Cf. OF.
rectorie
or rectorerie
, LL. rectoria
.] 1.
The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
2.
A rector’s mansion; a parsonage house.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rectory
REC'TORY
, n.1.
A parish church, parsonage or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes and glebes.2.
A rector's mansion or parsonage house.Definition 2024
rectory
rectory
English
Noun
rectory (plural rectories)
- The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
- The residence of an Anglican rector.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
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