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Recent Examples of rectory
Jacobs was ordered out of the rectory just a few days after being put on leave, and has been staying at a West Hartford home provided by a parishioner.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
Dedicated in 1906, the church was razed in 1995, along with its rectory, convent and grade school.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Over the years the parish has grown with the addition of a rectory, a parish hall and most recently its two-story parish center where staff offices, classrooms and meeting rooms are located.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Those churches often had schools, convents, gymnasiums and rectories.
—Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
Dedicated in 1906, the church was razed in 1995, along with its rectory, convent and grade school.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Over the years the parish has grown with the addition of a rectory, a parish hall and most recently its two-story parish center where staff offices, classrooms and meeting rooms are located.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Those churches often had schools, convents, gymnasiums and rectories.
—Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectory
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Neighbors fear ‘screaming, shouting, and splashing’ The Sun first reported that Horner and Halliwell had sent off planning permission last year to build a 40ft x 16ft swimming pool at their vicarage house residence, which Horner bought for £2 million ($2.5 million) in 2006.—
Ryan Hogg,
Fortune Europe,
27 Mar. 2024
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In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies.—
Joshua Levine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Mar. 2022
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When Johnson retired, Seay-Hubbard purchased the home and converted it into a parsonage of the church until clergy no longer wanted to reside there.—
Jennifer Lindahl,
The Tennessean,
10 Nov. 2024
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The church building and parsonage, both owned by the National Park Service, are part of the national historical park along with Tubman’s former brick home, a visitor center, an administrative building, and the reconstructed Home for the Aged and Indigent Negroes, which are privately owned.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2024
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Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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Lenny Kravitz’s Parisian manse covers AD’s May issue.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Portuguese Cabinet convened an emergency meeting at the prime minister’s residence.—
Barry Hatton,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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The boy who was stabbed had gone to a residence on Turner Avenue with a friend so the friend could see his child, according to Johnson.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too.—
Danny Heitman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Jan. 2025
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When Iyer’s wife accompanies him on a visit to the hermitage, the monks greet her warmly.—
Danny Heitman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Jan. 2025
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These could encompass the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) through the conversion of single-family residences into duplexes or the construction of supplementary housing on the property.—
Joseph Edgar,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Antar reported a flurry of new documents that showed James did not classify it as a five-family dwelling.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Siba said the security forces inspected the document, searched the house for weapons and, finding none, told the family to remain inside.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The home was featured on Zillow Gone Wild, a Facebook page that highlights unique house listings all over the country, and people were … well … impressed?—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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The covered but open-air space now has a new roof with five retractable awnings to protect against the ocean breeze, a new high-top counter with eight seats facing the water, new dining tables, new or reupholstered furnishings and new light fixtures.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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The first bite of a David bar tends to leave a thin film on the roof of my mouth.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Rectory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectory. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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