Parsonage
['pɑːs(ə)nɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.
Editor: Miles--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.
(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.
(n.) Money paid for the support of a parson.
Typist: Norton
Examples
- Near the churchyard, and in the middle of a garden, stood a well-built though small house, which I had no doubt was the parsonage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You don't remember me I see, but my name is Bell, and once or twice when the parsonage has been full, I've slept here, and tasted your good ale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We were talking of you at the Parsonage, and those were her words. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mrs. Bute at the parsonage nightly looked out to see if the sky was red over the elms behind which the Hall stood, and the mansion was on fire. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Close by, visible from some parts of the garden, was the little church, with the old parsonage opposite. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He had dined at the Parsonage only the preceding day. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The parsonage was so altered, both inside and out, that the real pain was less than she had anticipated. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He and I can go to the Parsonage, you know, and be no trouble to our friends at Mansfield Park. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- His little school, his little church, his little parsonage, all owed their erection to him; and they did him credit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There is the parsonage: a tidy-looking house, and I understand the clergyman and his wife are very decent people. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- We did a vast deal in that way at the Parsonage: we made it quite a different place from what it was when we first had it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And accordingly she did turn, and they walked towards the Parsonage together. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- There was little intercourse with the Parsonage. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But why Mr. Darcy came so often to the Parsonage, it was more difficult to understand. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Not only at home did her value increase, but at the Parsonage too. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Edited by Gail