glebe
Americannoun
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Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
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Archaic. soil; field.
noun
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land granted to a clergyman as part of his benefice
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poetic land, esp when regarded as the source of growing things
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Etymology
Origin of glebe
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin glēba, glaeba clod of earth
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Piotr Kucharski, 49, from The Glebe, Watford, wore combat clothing and badges with insignia of the Russian mercenary group to the historical event in Stonham Aspal, Suffolk.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
Plans for the church hall, on Glebe Way, included a cafe, day nursery building, replacement rectory with detached garage, two outbuildings to provide a prayer room and substation, and bike storage.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
On the evening of Nov. 13, Roy Saravia Alvarez was walking home along the sidewalk of West Glebe Road in Alexandria, Virginia.
From Slate • May 18, 2022
The planned two-building complex, on the corner of West Glebe Road and Mount Vernon Avenue, would offer an unusually deep level of affordability.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2022
And Doctor Glebe would not speak to me at all, and his face was set as a mask, though I saw that he was watching me strangely all the time.
From Tales from Many Sources Vol. V by Various
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