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How to pronounce glebe in English?

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Type Words
Type of acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate

Examples of glebe

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Glebe Coroner's Court heard this week Elijah died of meningococcal meningitis.
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The brown areas are part of the demesne, the shaded areas part of the glebe.
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Glebe would still be provided with 1000 post office boxes, she said.
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Quite commonly, parishes that had a rector as priest also had glebe lands attached to the parish.
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This was three times his income from tithes and glebe.
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Glebe House exudes an aura of elegance.
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It is one of 10 surviving residences in Virginia associated with glebe lands commissioned by the colonial government to house parish clergy.
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Glebe are now shut,after 2 phone calls to the school and being told they were open they decided to shut it when the parents arrived with the kids.
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Glebe also hosts one of Sydney's coolest markets every Saturday, with stallholders selling second-hand and new clothing, jewellery, food, books, CDs and there's often live music.
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  • Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
  • In the Roman Catholic and Anglican church traditions, a glebe was an area of land belonging to a benefice. This was property (in addition to the parsonage house and grounds) which was assigned to support the priest.Coredon Dictionary of Medieval Terms p. ...
  • Le Glu00E8be is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2003 by the union of Estavayer-le-Gibloux, Rueyres-Saint-Laurent, Villarlod, and Villarsel-le-Gibloux. On 1 January 2016 it merged with Corpataux-Magnedens, Farvagny, Rossens and Vuisternens-en-Ogoz to form the new municipality of Gibloux.
  • Glebe were an Australian rugby league foundation club who played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Sydney premiership, the major competition for the sport in Sydney, from 1908 until their exit at the end of 1929. ...
  • The Glebe is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Ottawa's downtown area, with its northern border being demarcated by the Queensway highway. It is bounded by the Rideau Canal to the south and east. ...
  • The Glebe was a literary magazine edited by Alfred Kreymborg and Man Ray from 1913 to 1914. The first issue was published from Ridgefield, New Jersey, while the rest of the run was published in New York by Alfred & Charles Boni. Ten issues were produced. ...
  • Turf; soil; ground; sod; In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses
  • An area of land belonging to a benefice that was farmed (or leased out) by a parish priest. The priest was entitled to retain the glebe for his own use, e.g. by farming the land, or he could let it to generate income. ...
  • Land held by the incumbent (i.e. the rector or vicar) of a parish.