rectory
noun
a rector's house; parsonage.
rectories
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pluralof rectory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Her novels pump in boosts of old-world elegance via jaunts to Italy or roomy seaside rectories; her white characters inhabit the world of wine-swirlers and are often impoverished by choice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
The average age of a Catholic priest in Ireland today is 70, as the rectories begin to resemble retirement homes.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2018
Jane Austen, Tennyson, and the Brontë sisters were all the product of rectories and parsonages.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
John Paul and Benedict tried to discipline unruly troops in the seminaries, rectories, universities, and parishes.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2014
All forty churches and eleven rectories that make up the diocese give food and money for the effort.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
