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parsonage

[pahr-suh-nij] / ˈpɑr sə nɪdʒ /
NOUN
rectory
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Until very recently, so did the British architect Ben Pentreath, who with his husband, plantsman Charlie McCormick, transformed a parsonage garden in the Bride Valley into an Instagram sensation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The parsonage between the village and the moors where the Brontes lived with their clergyman father and brother, Branwell, is now a museum dedicated to their memory.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

She also went to his church and the youth club he ran from the parsonage where he lived in Reigate.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

At 13, Jay got his first summer construction job, hauling bricks and mixing mortar for a crew building a church parsonage just over the county line.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

I remembered the answer of the old housekeeper at the parsonage, when I had asked to see the clergyman.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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