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rectory

[rek-tuh-ree] / ˈrɛk tə ri /
NOUN
parsonage
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Redbird – Set inside the former rectory of Vibiana, Redbird is a modern American restaurant built for sharing.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The Somersby rectory was the best and the worst place for a young poet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Bishop Sellin was born in Scotland where her father was an ordained minister and the family lived in the rectory.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

The Archdiocese of Omaha asked for prayers in a statement Sunday about the “invasion at the rectory of St. John the Baptist parish in Fort Calhoun.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Padre de Jesus had told me about an aborted visit Dedd had made to his rectory.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez



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