Middlemarch vocabulary

21 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words

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21 [christianity] words
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parsonage

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1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.
2. The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.
3. Money paid for the support of a parson.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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There's a path, if you want to take a shortcut, to the parsonage - the last place she was seen

Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Reg Keeland translation), p.120 (2009)
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It was not a parsonage, but a considerable mansion, with much land attached to it. The parsonage was inhabited by the curate, who did all the duty except preaching the morning sermon.

George Eliot. Middlemarch
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