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rectory

noun

Definition of rectory

as in vicarage

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Recent Examples of rectory But back in 2010, the block was relatively quaint, and the lot held a two-story, 2,599-square-foot rectory for priests. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2026 The rectory, where Storey lived, is across the street and has a Prairie Village address. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026 This means a daily morning and midday Mass, on top of Sunday services, 13 confession times a week, and a treasured personal life on the third floor of the rectory, which has been his home for two decades. — Hannah Brueske, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026 The rectory of Milan’s Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie is the site of what world-famous work of the Renaissance? — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for rectory

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Noun

The despised Colonel Protheroe is found dead in the vicarage study by Reverend Leonard Clement (Kit Harington).

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.

— Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

Definition of vicarage

Noun

Nearly $200,000 in renovations The church currently has one bedroom and two bathrooms; the adjacent parsonage house has four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

— Jennifer Liu Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
James and Anne lived at Deane parsonage on a curate’s income of £300, including a contribution from Anne’s father.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parsonage

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The production design is excellent, the humorous details of Vision’s metaphorical manse and the externalization of computer processes clever.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
So, alongside the compliments there’s an awful lot of real estate dedicated to his enemies, including his stepmother, Raine, whose many offenses included installing wall-to-wall carpeting in the family manse.

— Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of manse

Noun

The caller said a man was inside the residence and had fired a gun.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
It was commissioned to produce stationery for Queen Victoria’s residences in the 1890s, and is known for making the world’s first portable diary in 1908.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of residence

Noun

The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The relief was originally stolen in 2010 as part of a coordinated robbery of six hermitages, two churches, and the monastery in Navarre.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of hermitage

Noun

The cooking stove often doubled as the dwelling’s heat source.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
By 2024, RealPage controlled roughly 80 percent of the real estate revenue management market for multifamily dwellings and held the keys to datasets from approximately sixteen million rental units nationwide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of dwelling

Noun

The resolution was introduced after revelations about Cornell’s handling of Jane Doe’s allegations that she was raped at the Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
While Cam Bates returned a punt to the house against Memphis, Broncos returners have also muffed several punts this season.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of house

Noun

To turn rigid solar tech into bendable panels that can roll over backpacks or car roofs, researchers had to fix a major manufacturing flaw in flexible perovskite solar cells.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Each left and right trio of legs is connected by a beam running front to back, while the left legs connect with their right counterparts via transverse crossbeams, creating a big rectangular roof frame.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

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