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parsonage

noun

Definition of parsonagenext
as in vicarage
the building in which a parson lives

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Recent Examples of parsonage Now there are, of course, there's something called a parsonage exception where members of the clergy in the United States can exclude the value of their dwelling, but there's rules that go around with that. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 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 the application, the organization claimed to own 11 churches, a parsonage and Powell’s residence as assets. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 July 2025 The Haworth parsonage already attracts nearly one million visitors each year, per the Guardian. — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for parsonage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsonage
  1. vicarage
  2. rectory
  3. manse
  4. residence
  5. dwelling
  6. hermitage
  7. house
  8. abode
Noun
  • The despised Colonel Protheroe is found dead in the vicarage study by Reverend Leonard Clement (Kit Harington).
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026
  • Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.
    — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of vicarage
Noun
  • Situated in New Orleans’s Marigny neighborhood, Hotel Peter & Paul occupies a former 19th-century Catholic church, schoolhouse, convent, and rectory.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
  • The rectory, where Storey lived, is across the street and has a Prairie Village address.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Definition of rectory
Noun
  • Earle regularly splits her time between the New Jersey manse and her younger sister Ashtin’s Upper East Side apartment.
    — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Moss has a 10-bedroom manse in Little Farington near West Oxfordshire.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of manse
Noun
  • Brian and his brother were present when the Heroes actress died at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 16.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Along with a virtual doorman and a dedicated package room, each residence has key-fob elevator access.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of residence
Noun
  • This approach is borne out in the rich psychoanalytic literature on empathy and emotional dwelling.
    — Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Built for indoor-outdoor living, the Los Angeles–area dwelling features an open floor plan that spills out to the yard via hideaway glass walls.
    — Architectural Digest, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of dwelling
Noun
  • The relief was originally stolen in 2010 as part of a coordinated robbery of six hermitages, two churches, and the monastery in Navarre.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • These people would then come to your hermitage to suggest an alternative.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Definition of hermitage
Noun
  • Not long after, the teen got into a vehicle with Marcareno, made a U-turn and drove past the house, where Rodriguez Fernandez fired six shots from the passenger seat — striking and killing a woman, according to court records.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The state doesn’t even know the mother and daughter exist until social workers arrive at the house in the aftermath of Ralph’s accidental death while working a construction site.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • The contemporary abode is on the market for $12 million with Jen Cameron at the Agency.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The contemporary abode is outfitted with pale wood floors, a full black-and-white kitchen, and glass-and-steel doors that separate the queen bedroom from the rest of the airy space.
    — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of abode

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“Parsonage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsonage. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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