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Recent Examples of vicarage
This former vicarage, built in 1876, is considered one of Sweden’s most haunted houses.
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Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
But other things were transplanted from elsewhere in England: a church in Northamptonshire and a vicarage in London become a church and a vicarage in Yorkshire.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2025
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
As the anger beyond the vicarage rises, the tenor of the debates across the kitchen table grow more urgent.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 6 July 2022
Anyone in 1963 who still wanted fiction set in the vicarage, publishers thought, could go back to Jane Austen, the writer to whom Pym has ceaselessly, and often wrongly, been compared.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
Isotope dating studies of the bodies in the vicarage charnel mound found wide disparities.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
But other things were transplanted from elsewhere in England: a church in Northamptonshire and a vicarage in London become a church and a vicarage in Yorkshire.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2025
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
As the anger beyond the vicarage rises, the tenor of the debates across the kitchen table grow more urgent.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 6 July 2022
Anyone in 1963 who still wanted fiction set in the vicarage, publishers thought, could go back to Jane Austen, the writer to whom Pym has ceaselessly, and often wrongly, been compared.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
Isotope dating studies of the bodies in the vicarage charnel mound found wide disparities.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicarage
Noun
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Eleven young Tennysons spilled out of the Somersby rectory—seven boys and four girls, with Alfred third from the top.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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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.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Dec. 2025
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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 parsonage abutted the moors, where Brontë liked to wander, and the wild, bleak landscape of which is described in the novel, acting as a symbol for the untamed nature of the romance at its center.—
Daphne Merkin,
Air Mail,
7 Feb. 2026
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The center’s board, now loaded with loyalists such as Maria Bartiromo and Laura Ingraham, of Fox News, made the grave decision at the Palm Beach manse of the casino magnate Steve Wynn, whose wife, Andrea, sits on the board.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2025
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Drawing superficial inspiration from historic manse styles, their designs allude to the upper echelon, but are often built quickly with inexpensive materials to squeeze the most living space out of a lot size.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
17 Dec. 2025
Noun
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An empty second home is defined as one that is left unoccupied for more than 182 days out of the year and is not an owner’s primary residence.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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In that case, police found methamphetamines and pill bottles within reach of two children inside the Muñozes’ residence on Pine Avenue in Long Beach, according to a pretrial investigative report.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 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
Noun
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This is a hogan, a traditional Diné wooden dwelling that has a hole in the side.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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The County of San Diego’s director of planning and development services shared a determination last year that these tiny homes meet the definition of a dwelling in the county’s zoning ordinance.—
Stacy Brandt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, a cleanup of distribution in 2024 and new, high-profile distribution in EMEA has resulted in a re-acceleration in the region, with four consecutive quarters of growth of 33 percent or more.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Heat entered 1-22 this season when trailing after three quarters, 0-14 in that situation on the road.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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The two shared a cup of tea at Charles’ London abode, Clarence House, in September 2024.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Like most spaces in the attractive abode, the bedrooms spill out to the park-like grounds, which are showcased by a pool and raised spa surrounded by a sundeck, along with a fire pit conversation area.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Vicarage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicarage. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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