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Recent Examples of vicarage
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.
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Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
This former vicarage, built in 1876, is considered one of Sweden’s most haunted houses.
—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
Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
This former vicarage, built in 1876, is considered one of Sweden’s most haunted houses.
—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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The property was once a 19th-century Catholic school and church campus, complete with a rectory and nunnery, and each room has a rotary phone and other touches of the not-so-distant past.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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The property also comes with a guesthouse — the former rectory — which has been reconfigured as a two-bedroom, one-bath ADU-ish bonus.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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In the vein of each family dwelling, the village courtroom becomes an amphitheater of sorts, foisting upon its participants a sense of outward performance, while simultaneously exposing them to the elements.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
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From residences that date back to the 19th century to more modern dwellings, these listings capture Southern living at its best.—
Kelsey Mulvey,
Vogue,
12 Apr. 2026
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The team-captain label and All-American honors help, but the real selling points are his sturdy frame, strong hands and a physical style that works in tight quarters.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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And almost three quarters of those surveyed said that Mamdani was hard working in his new role.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Lori seems to be a bit of a blank slate, both to Julian’s bumbling children and to Julian himself, who thinks Lori has been hired as his assistant to help manage his affairs and sort through the paintings littering his crumbling abode.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Almost three decades later, the flashy abode is now hitting the market for the first time.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Vicarage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicarage. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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