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Recent Examples of rectory
Hotel Peter and Paul Set in architecturally rich Faubourg Marigny, the 71-room Hotel Peter and Paul occupies a former church, rectory, schoolhouse, and convent that dates back to the late 1800s.
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AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2025
Earlier this year, a church rectory in Cleveland Heights was converted into housing for students, namely women and children in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
The accompanying two-story rectory was built with brick and looks similar in style to homes in the neighborhood.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
The rectory, where Storey lives, is across the street and has a Prairie Village address.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
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AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2025
Earlier this year, a church rectory in Cleveland Heights was converted into housing for students, namely women and children in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
The accompanying two-story rectory was built with brick and looks similar in style to homes in the neighborhood.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
The rectory, where Storey lives, is across the street and has a Prairie Village address.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectory
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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
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This former vicarage, built in 1876, is considered one of Sweden’s most haunted houses.—
Andrea Romano,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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The church’s parsonage also appeared to be undamaged, and no one was home at the time, according to the post.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The residents of Haworth had much higher mortality rates than those of similar neighbouring towns, leading historians to a grim hypothesis: The parsonage’s overcrowded graveyard had leaked decomposing material and deadly bacteria into the local water supply.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
12 Feb. 2026
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The minimalist seaside manse was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese starchitect Tadao Ando, and was originally built for, and then bought from, financier and art collector Richard Sachs.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2026
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The bash was held at the West Coast manse of none other than Amazon king Jeff Bezos, Brady’s neighbor in Indian Creek Village.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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Elliott was allegedly directly involved in organizing and hosting dogfighting events, including at his residence in Carver.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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In a 5-1 vote, with one abstention, the Oakland City Council approved stricter rules for vehicles that remain parked in front of residences for months on end and tents that generate waste and, in some cases, hazardous fires.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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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
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Aflame, by Pico Iyer Travel writer and spiritual thinker Pico Iyer has spent time at a Benedictine hermitage in California, a seemingly idyllic setting.—
Monitor reviewers,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Dec. 2025
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City crews had not yet arrived to demolish his old dwelling.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 6,620-square-foot dwelling had six bedrooms, each of which had their own walk-in closet and bathroom.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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As Mercury joins Mars in Aries in your 9th house, curiosity turns into action and ideas want movement from you.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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For One Person After her husband died, Betty Constable lived alone in her house on Orchard Circle in Princeton.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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How does Robby get off that roof?—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
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Henry Elementary School and the nearby Clinton Intermediate School, in the 700 and 800 blocks of South Eighth Street, sustained minor to moderate damage to their roofs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Rectory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectory. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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