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 • Aug. 8, 2020
But today's private incomes have been wiped out by inheritance taxes, tithes were abolished in 1936, and most glebe lands have been sold.
From Time Magazine Archive
I got off at Druggers End and went round the back of the village hall and over the glebe, alone.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
One time, he was at school for a rounders match and he whacked the ball clean over the hedge and into the glebe.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Mermaid clouds drifted over the glebe, over the cockerel tree, over the Malvern Hills.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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