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glebe

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Noun

Plural: glebes

glebe - plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office

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glebe (Noun)
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
glebe (Noun)
In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

glebe (n.)
A lump; a clod.
glebe (n.)
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
glebe (n.)
The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

glebe
glēb, n. the land belonging to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice: (mining) a piece of earth containing ore: (arch.) turf.—adjs. Gleb′ous, Gleb′y, cloddy, turfy. [Fr.,—L. gleba, a clod.]

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glebe, noun, singular of glebes.

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