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glebe

[ gleeb ]

noun

  1. Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
  2. Archaic. soil; field.


glebe

/ É¡±ô¾±Ë²ú /

noun

  1. land granted to a clergyman as part of his benefice
  2. poetic.
    land, esp when regarded as the source of growing things
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glebe1

1275–1325; Middle English < Latin glēba, glaeba clod of earth
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glebe1

C14: from Latin glaeba
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The enslaved were included with the glebe, the land and home used by the minister.

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One time, he was at school for a rounders match and he whacked the ball clean over the hedge and into the glebe.

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His imagination had no need of anything more stirring than that presented to him by the recollection of human vicissitudes amidst glebe and glade.

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He extinguishes the Ribbon lodge, fastens his tenantry by equitable leases to the glebe, and gradually finds in the management of his estate a career of easy, pleasant, and even prosperous power.

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In the fine pasturage of the glebe meadows, the red-brown cows were gathered under a tree, out of the hot sparkle of the sun.

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