Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of certain residences for clergy members.

    The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.

    Pfarrhaus

    an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector

  2. The residence of an Anglican rector.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The abandoned rectory is in a state of disrepair.

    deDas verlassene Pfarrhaus ist baufällig. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
residence of Roman Catholic priest:

Origin

From Middle French rectorie, from Medieval Latin rectoria. See rector.

From Middle French rectorie, from Medieval Latin rectoria. See rector.

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Forms

plural: rectories
Singularrectory
Pluralrectories

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector:parsonagevicarage

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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