Glebe-land
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glebe-land is a noun meaning (historical) Area of land belonging to a parish in medieval times.
Meaning
(historical) Area of land belonging to a parish in medieval times.
Example Sentences
In good truth, I hardly know—a Miss Arundel—a wood-nymph, the daughter of either a country squire or a clergyman—equipped, I suppose, by a mortgage on either the squire's corn-fields, or the parson's glebe land—[..]
Word Forms
- glebe-lands
- glebeland
Synonyms for glebe-land
Depending on context, synonyms include glebe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glebe, kirk-town, parish, parishing, broomland, acre-dale.
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