parsonage

noun

par·​son·​age ˈpär-s(ə-)nij How to pronounce parsonage (audio)
ˈpär-sə-nij
: the house provided by a church for its pastor

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Going into the clergy was a common choice for educated young men of middling means, and Malthus was able to secure a parsonage in Wotton, Surrey. Roy Scranton, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2025 Following the break from the church, the Jonas family moved out of the parsonage house and into a two-bedroom home. Ilana Frost, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025 In 2017, Powell used the First AME Zion Church in San Jose as collateral for a loan of $750,000 to purchase a parsonage, instructing Quintana in executing the property agreement and creating a resolution from the church’s trustee board to approve the transaction, prosecutors said. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 July 2025 At my church, First Congregational Church of Woodbury, an 18th-century bequest stipulated that the parsonage reverts to the donor’s heirs if the church deviates from the theological intent of the benefactor, the Rev. Noah Benedict. The Rev. Jake Dell, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parsonage

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15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of parsonage was in the 15th century

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“Parsonage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parsonage. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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parsonage

noun
par·​son·​age ˈpär-snij How to pronounce parsonage (audio)
ˈpärs-ᵊn-ij
: the house provided by a church for its pastor

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