vicarage

noun

Definition of vicaragenext
as in rectory

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Recent Examples of vicarage 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 In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies. — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicarage
  1. rectory
  2. parsonage
  3. manse
  4. residence
  5. hermitage
  6. dwelling
  7. quarters
  8. abode
Noun
  • But back in 2010, the block was relatively quaint, and the lot held a two-story, 2,599-square-foot rectory for priests.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of rectory
Noun
  • Targets for violence For example, Bethel Baptist Church and its parsonage in Birmingham, Alabama, were bombed three times.
    — Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As do the moors that stretch behind the parsonage.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
Definition of parsonage
Noun
  • The manse was still under the ownership of the DeMille family when it was featured in AD in 1987.
    — Sydney Wingfield, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Think of the breezy Hamptons beach house in Something’s Gotta Give, the classic colonial in Father of the Bride, the dreamy Brooklyn brownstone in The Intern, the storybook English cottage and Mediterranean-modern San Marino manse in The Holiday.
    — Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of manse
Noun
  • Investigators allege that Bridle and his co-conspirators billed the homeowner over $900,000 for renovations to her 988‑square‑foot residence.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • For example, the person cannot change residence or travel to another municipality or province without authorization and must appear before the court when summoned.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of residence
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
  • The house holds the dangerous secrets of its inhabitants and is as much a character, so when the project was greenlit, finding the ideal dwelling was key to creating the right mysterious-yet-sexy atmosphere the narrative required.
    — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
  • By night, several slapdash dwellings stood ready for occupancy.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of dwelling
Noun
  • Against this backdrop, Vestas recently delivered one of its strongest quarters in years, with operating profit increasing to €446 million, from €57 million in the same quarter the year before.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Starbucks has now posted four consecutive quarters of positive global comparable sales growth, including two straight quarters of margin expansion.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of quarters
Noun
  • From my little Brooklyn, New York abode, that generally means heading out east for beachy trips to Montauk, hopping around upstate’s Hudson Valley or Catskills towns, and taking advantage of ski mountains all over the east coast.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • After receiving a $7 million price cut, the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom abode is up for grabs yet again.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of abode

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“Vicarage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicarage. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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