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glebe
[ gleeb ]
noun
- Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- Archaic. soil; field.
glebe
/ É¡±ô¾±Ë²ú /
noun
- land granted to a clergyman as part of his benefice
- poetic.land, esp when regarded as the source of growing things
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ±ô±ð²ú±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glebe1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glebe1
Example Sentences
The enslaved were included with the glebe, the land and home used by the minister.
One time, he was at school for a rounders match and he whacked the ball clean over the hedge and into the glebe.
His imagination had no need of anything more stirring than that presented to him by the recollection of human vicissitudes amidst glebe and glade.
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.
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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