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rectory

noun

Definition of rectory

as in vicarage

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Recent Examples of rectory 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 The rectory, where Storey lived, is across the street and has a Prairie Village address. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026 This means a daily morning and midday Mass, on top of Sunday services, 13 confession times a week, and a treasured personal life on the third floor of the rectory, which has been his home for two decades. — Hannah Brueske, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026 The rectory of Milan’s Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie is the site of what world-famous work of the Renaissance? — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for rectory

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Noun

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

Definition of vicarage

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Nearly $200,000 in renovations The church currently has one bedroom and two bathrooms; the adjacent parsonage house has four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

— Jennifer Liu Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
James and Anne lived at Deane parsonage on a curate’s income of £300, including a contribution from Anne’s father.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parsonage

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So, alongside the compliments there’s an awful lot of real estate dedicated to his enemies, including his stepmother, Raine, whose many offenses included installing wall-to-wall carpeting in the family manse.

— Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of manse

Noun

At the center of the sprawling property is a 10,500-square-foot residence, accessible via a mile-long drive that winds through forest and across a curved stone bridge.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Each collaborator will contribute to the residence and its month-long calendar of programming.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of residence

Noun

The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of hermitage

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By 2024, RealPage controlled roughly 80 percent of the real estate revenue management market for multifamily dwellings and held the keys to datasets from approximately sixteen million rental units nationwide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
After a tumultuous childhood, Crawford’s adult life was filled with dwellings that offered some comfort and stability amid a personal life that was rife with difficulties, ranging from alcoholism to unhappy relationships.

— Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of dwelling

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The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came out of the house to remove Gonzalez.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The following day, investigators recovered the two Renoirs from a house in Clermont-l’Hérault, where they had been concealed behind a false wall constructed from bricks and plasterboard.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of house

Noun

Flames engulfed the 19th-century City Hall in the city of Limoges, in central France, causing its roof to collapse and nearly destroying the building.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Concept plans call for significant changes to the north, south and west sides of the museum, as well as its roof.

— Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

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