Meaning of GLEBE
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[n] plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office |
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GLEBE is a 5 letter word that starts with G. |
| | See Also: | | acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Glebe\, n. [F. gl[`e]be, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land,
soil.]
1. A lump; a clod.
2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine.
--Milton.
3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a
parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
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