glebe

A noun referring to a plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das ein der anglikanischen Pfarrkirche oder einem Kirchenamt gehörendes Landstück bezeichnet.

1. Church land C2 formal british

   A piece of land belonging to a parish church or an ecclesiastical office, often used to generate income for the clergy.

   • The vicar's income was supplemented by the produce from the glebe.
   • The old church still owns a small glebe adjacent to the cemetery.
   • Historically, the glebe was farmed to support the local priest.

   🇩🇪Kirchenland

• glebes plural form
• glebes' possessive plural form
• glebe's possessive singular form