PARSONAGE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

2.
n.

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.
n.

Money paid for the support of a parson. [Scot.] What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for Sir W. Scott.


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