Definition of glebe in English:

glebe

noun ɡliːbɡlib

1historical A piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income.
the rich vicarage of Churcham had no glebe at all
as modifier glebe land
Example sentencesExamples
- He incorporates the church's contributions throughout, whether considering monastic institutions as landlords or parish priests' glebes as part of the English manor.
- There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 11 acres.
- The parish clergy, dependent on tithes, fees, and if they were lucky a little glebe land, paid almost half the total raised, yet had little say in its allocation within each diocese.
- It was in this way that a great deal of tithe and glebe land passed out of the reach of the parish clergy and into the hands of cathedral chapters.
- A glebe is a piece of land forming part of a clergyman's living, and right next door was the tiny church of St Edmund.
- Anglicanism enjoyed its dominant position in the plantation colonies, endowed with glebe lands, housed in parish churches, and staffed with a university-educated clergy.
2archaic mass noun Land; fields.
Example sentencesExamples
- The law discriminates between the owners of land which was formerly glebe and of land which was not by making the former but not the latter liable for chancel repairs.
- A few years later, more lands and buildings were added to this glebe which represent the freehold premises in Wilmcote which had come to John Shakespeare on his marriage to Mary Arden.
Synonyms
meadow, pasture, paddock, green, pen, grassland, pastureland, sward

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin gleba, glaeba 'clod, land, soil'.

Rhymes

Antibes, Beeb, Delibes, dweeb, grebe, Maghrib, plebe

Definition of glebe in US English:

glebe

nounɡlibɡlēb

historical

1A piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income.
Example sentencesExamples
- The parish clergy, dependent on tithes, fees, and if they were lucky a little glebe land, paid almost half the total raised, yet had little say in its allocation within each diocese.
- There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 11 acres.
- He incorporates the church's contributions throughout, whether considering monastic institutions as landlords or parish priests' glebes as part of the English manor.
- A glebe is a piece of land forming part of a clergyman's living, and right next door was the tiny church of St Edmund.
- Anglicanism enjoyed its dominant position in the plantation colonies, endowed with glebe lands, housed in parish churches, and staffed with a university-educated clergy.
- It was in this way that a great deal of tithe and glebe land passed out of the reach of the parish clergy and into the hands of cathedral chapters.
1. 1.1archaic Land; fields.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The law discriminates between the owners of land which was formerly glebe and of land which was not by making the former but not the latter liable for chancel repairs.
  A few years later, more lands and buildings were added to this glebe which represent the freehold premises in Wilmcote which had come to John Shakespeare on his marriage to Mary Arden.
  Synonyms
  meadow, pasture, paddock, green, pen, grassland, pastureland, sward

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin gleba, glaeba ‘clod, land, soil’.

单词	glebe
释义	Definition of glebe in English: glebe noun ɡliːbɡlib 1historical A piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income. the rich vicarage of Churcham had no glebe at all as modifier glebe land Example sentencesExamples He incorporates the church's contributions throughout, whether considering monastic institutions as landlords or parish priests' glebes as part of the English manor. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 11 acres. The parish clergy, dependent on tithes, fees, and if they were lucky a little glebe land, paid almost half the total raised, yet had little say in its allocation within each diocese. It was in this way that a great deal of tithe and glebe land passed out of the reach of the parish clergy and into the hands of cathedral chapters. A glebe is a piece of land forming part of a clergyman's living, and right next door was the tiny church of St Edmund. Anglicanism enjoyed its dominant position in the plantation colonies, endowed with glebe lands, housed in parish churches, and staffed with a university-educated clergy. 2archaic mass noun Land; fields. Example sentencesExamples The law discriminates between the owners of land which was formerly glebe and of land which was not by making the former but not the latter liable for chancel repairs. A few years later, more lands and buildings were added to this glebe which represent the freehold premises in Wilmcote which had come to John Shakespeare on his marriage to Mary Arden. Synonyms meadow, pasture, paddock, green, pen, grassland, pastureland, sward Origin Late Middle English: from Latin gleba, glaeba 'clod, land, soil'. Rhymes Antibes, Beeb, Delibes, dweeb, grebe, Maghrib, plebe Definition of glebe in US English: glebe nounɡlibɡlēb historical 1A piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income. Example sentencesExamples The parish clergy, dependent on tithes, fees, and if they were lucky a little glebe land, paid almost half the total raised, yet had little say in its allocation within each diocese. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 11 acres. He incorporates the church's contributions throughout, whether considering monastic institutions as landlords or parish priests' glebes as part of the English manor. A glebe is a piece of land forming part of a clergyman's living, and right next door was the tiny church of St Edmund. Anglicanism enjoyed its dominant position in the plantation colonies, endowed with glebe lands, housed in parish churches, and staffed with a university-educated clergy. It was in this way that a great deal of tithe and glebe land passed out of the reach of the parish clergy and into the hands of cathedral chapters. 1.1archaic Land; fields. Example sentencesExamples The law discriminates between the owners of land which was formerly glebe and of land which was not by making the former but not the latter liable for chancel repairs. A few years later, more lands and buildings were added to this glebe which represent the freehold premises in Wilmcote which had come to John Shakespeare on his marriage to Mary Arden. Synonyms meadow, pasture, paddock, green, pen, grassland, pastureland, sward Origin Late Middle English: from Latin gleba, glaeba ‘clod, land, soil’.
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