31 December 2016

glebe

[gleeb]

noun

1. Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
2. Archaic. soil; field.

Origin of glebe

Middle English, Latin

1275-1325; Middle English < Latin glēba, glaeba clod of earth

Related forms

glebeless, adjective

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Examples from the Web for glebe

Historical Examples

It had never occurred to me that a parson has no fee-simple in the house and glebe he occupies.
The Works of William Cowper
William Cowper

A terrier of glebe lands, with any exchange noted, should be made.
Churchwardens’ Manual
George Henry

One could almost make an accurate restoration drawing of this glebe house from the description.
Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century
Henry Chandlee Forman

Anagram

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