rectory
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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
Alfred Tennyson was born in 1809 in a rectory in Lincolnshire, one of 11 children.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Since its construction in 1862, the Essex rectory had been the site of alleged hauntings.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024
Washington County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspected burglar in the rectory of St. John the Baptist church when they arrived six minutes after the priest called 911.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023
She ran out of that rectory before the priest could return, and arrived at the clinic while Dofta Beldn was still struggling with the buttons of her dress.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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