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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

Until very recently, so did the British architect Ben Pentreath, who with his husband, plantsman Charlie McCormick, transformed a parsonage garden in the Bride Valley into an Instagram sensation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 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

An 85-year-old woman of limited means who lived in an old parsonage in exchange for minimal rent and maintenance duties also died with insufficient cooling.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2024

He didn’t hear about it from his mother, but later that night, she did explain to him the purpose of the small house behind the parsonage.

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




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