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parsonage

noun

Definition of parsonage

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

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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

Besides his South Florida estate, Combs still retains a plush manse in Los Angeles’ Holmby Hills that was also raided by feds.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
All eyes are on Taylor Swift and her Rhode Island manse as the pop superstar gets ready to wed Travis Kelce.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 June 2026

Definition of manse

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Vehicle stops were not always a major component of the agency’s actions, experts told CNN, as agents would typically take people into custody from a local jail or a targeted location, such as a residence or workplace.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
At the top of the residence, a rooftop deck offers 360-degree panoramas stretching from the Santa Monica Pier and Catalina Island to the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2026

Definition of residence

Noun

The dwelling comes with a private deck with its own entrance and an additional guest suite with a bathroom in the basement.

— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026
Both sites are considered sacred by Native Americans, marked by cliff dwellings, petroglyphs and scenic canyons, as well as by burial sites and ancestral villages.

— News Desk, Artforum, 14 July 2026

Definition of dwelling

Noun

These people would then come to your hermitage to suggest an alternative.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.

— Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026

Definition of hermitage

Noun

How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Outside, the cops, led by a dry sinister officer in a long black leather coat, order him to get on the ground, face down; Sophia comes out of the house and is placed in the back of a car, staring at all this through the glass.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of house

Noun

The pair drove four hours early Saturday to be here from their summer abode in Wyoming.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026
Located in the city of Markham in Ontario, Canada, the 2,840-square-foot abode served as the home of Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) in the pilot episode of the beloved show.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

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