glebe

Example Sentences

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The enslaved were included with the glebe, the land and home used by the minister.

From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2020

But today's private incomes have been wiped out by inheritance taxes, tithes were abolished in 1936, and most glebe lands have been sold.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

I got off at Druggers End and went round the back of the village hall and over the glebe, alone.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The glebe was littered with mangled fuselages and blackened wings.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell