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
Other Word Forms
- glebeless adjective
Etymology
Origin of glebe
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin glēba, glaeba clod of earth
Example Sentences
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The enslaved were included with the glebe, the land and home used by the minister.
From Washington Times
The glebe was littered with mangled fuselages and blackened wings.
From Literature
His imagination had no need of anything more stirring than that presented to him by the recollection of human vicissitudes amidst glebe and glade.
From Project Gutenberg
He extinguishes the Ribbon lodge, fastens his tenantry by equitable leases to the glebe, and gradually finds in the management of his estate a career of easy, pleasant, and even prosperous power.
From Project Gutenberg
In the fine pasturage of the glebe meadows, the red-brown cows were gathered under a tree, out of the hot sparkle of the sun.
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