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parsonage

[pahr-suh-nij] / ˈpɑr sə nɪdʒ /
NOUN
rectory
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As do the moors that stretch behind the parsonage.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

The parsonage between the village and the moors where the Brontes lived with their clergyman father and brother, Branwell, is now a museum dedicated to their memory.

From Barron's Feb. 28, 2026

She also went to his church and the youth club he ran from the parsonage where he lived in Reigate.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2026

It begins in a country parsonage, moves through social insecurity to final productive years in a cottage Austen shared with a beloved sister, mother and close friend.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Silence in the parsonage as Reverend Buckminster and Mr. Stonecrop looked at Turner for a long moment.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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