parsonage
noun
par·son·age
ˈpär-s(ə-)nij 
ˈpär-sə-nij
: the house provided by a church for its pastor
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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.
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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
When Anne was just three months old, Patrick was appointed the reverend of a nearby church, and the family moved to the Haworth parsonage.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
In July 2020, WED Inc. filed a bankruptcy petition, which claimed its assets included 11 churches, a parsonage and Powell’s residence, prosecutors said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
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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
When Anne was just three months old, Patrick was appointed the reverend of a nearby church, and the family moved to the Haworth parsonage.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
In July 2020, WED Inc. filed a bankruptcy petition, which claimed its assets included 11 churches, a parsonage and Powell’s residence, prosecutors said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
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parsonage
noun
par·son·age
ˈpär-snij
ˈpärs-ᵊn-ij
: the house provided by a church for its pastor
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