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glebe-land
Same as glebe.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • glebe-land — noun Area of land belonging to a parish in medieval times. Prior to the Reformation the farm buildings (since rebuilt and considerably dwindled) had appertained, like much of the glebe land around Valmouth, to the Abbots of St. Veronica, when at… …   Wiktionary

  • glebe land — noun see glebe 2a …   Useful english dictionary

  • glebe land — /ˈglib lænd/ (say gleeb land) noun land bequeathed to a specified parish or benefice so that its rental or crops may be employed to augment the income of their incumbent …  

  • Glebe — Land, cultivated land; more commonly, glebe land was used of land within a parish assigned to support its priest. A glebe house was the incumbent s house; a parsonage. Gleba spiritualis was the Latin form of glebe land. [< Lat. gleba = land, a …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • glebe — land belonging to the Church. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

  • Glebe House — Infobox nrhp | name = Glebe House nrhp type = caption = Glebe House in March 2007 location= 635 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, USA lat degrees = | lat minutes = | lat seconds = | lat direction = N long degrees = | long minutes = |… …   Wikipedia

  • Glebe — In the Roman Catholic and Anglican church traditions, a glebe was an area of land belonging to a benefice. This was property (in addition to the parsonage house and grounds) which vested in the incumbent by right of his incumbency. Glebe included …   Wikipedia

  • glebe-house — noun A rectory, built for the parish priest, vicar, pastor, or rector, usually at church expense. After mature consideration he made up his mind that the parson should be his ambassador. . . . [H]e mounted his nag, and rode off to Ballindine… …   Wiktionary

  • glebe — [[t]glib[/t]] n. 1) brit. rel Also called glebe′ land . the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice 2) archaic soil; field • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < L glēba, glaeba clod of earth glebe′less, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • glebe — glebeless, adj. /gleeb/, n. 1. Also called glebe land. Chiefly Brit. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. 2. Archaic. soil; field. [1275 1325; ME < L gleba, glaeba clod of earth] * * * …   Universalium

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