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rectory

[rek-tuh-ree] / ˈrɛk tə ri /
NOUN
parsonage
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For 2026 trips, guests will stay at the Old Rectory in Symondsbury steps from the village pub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Seven days on, officers will be conducting anniversary checks in the Rectory Lane area and will be on train services between Ipswich and Manningtree to speak to passengers.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

Anita Rose, 57, had been walking close to Rectory Lane in Brantham, Suffolk before she was found unconscious on Wednesday, 24 July and died in hospital on Sunday.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

Since then, it’s kept a good thing going, holding intimate musical gatherings in the charming backyard of the Rectory on Princess Street in Alexandria.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

“The very essence of the tomb, as Theodora points out. The cold spot in Borley Rectory only dropped eleven degrees,” he went on complacently.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson



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