rectory

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Recent Examples of rectory Saints Peter and Paul Parish shared Thursday that the shooting took place at the rectory, a house managed by the parish where Carasala, 57, lived as the resident priest. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025 The Altadena congregation worships in the sanctuary on Sundays and uses the former rectory for meetings, which have included time to share stories of loss, guidance in filling out FEMA forms and complimentary acupuncture sessions to help relieve stress. Jason Derose, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025 Jacobs, who was ordered out of the rectory after being put on leave and has been staying at a parishioner’s West Hartford home, has said he has been moved by an outpouring of support in hundreds of letters, texts and emails. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025 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. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rectory
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Noun
  • 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
  • In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies.
    Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • When the Summer Housers arrived at their Hamptons manse, they were met with the shock of a lifetime.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 May 2025
  • The four bedroom, seven bathroom manse was basically made for fancy entertaining.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Police also learned that a second victim had been stabbed at the same residence.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • To be eligible for a seat, candidates must attend at least three Town Council meetings in the 12 months before the election and have a principal place of residence or business in the 92037 ZIP code.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Among recent one-euro listings is a four-bedroom, 100-square-meter, two-story stone dwelling in the town of Sutera, with a garage and balconies overlooking the main piazza.
    Silvia Marchetti, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
  • Reckoning takes a less obvious road to Hunt’s redemption, offering surprisingly little in the way of romance and dwelling instead on the hero’s burden in a way that recalls one of Paul Schrader’s very serious God’s Lonely Man movies.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include: On Waterman Court, Danville, in February 2025, a 2,251-square-foot home was sold for $1,990,000, a price per square foot of $884.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
  • The architectural features of the house may have accelerated the family’s demise.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The vehicle then struck a tree and eventually came to rest on its roof, according to the warrant affidavit.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2025
  • Additionally, the bill earmarks funds for essential maintenance at JSC, including HVAC renewals, electrical upgrades, asbestos mitigation and roof repairs.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 15 May 2025

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