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glebe

American  
[gleeb] / glib /

noun

  1. Also called glebe land.  Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

  2. Archaic. soil; field.

glebe British  
/ ɡliːb /

noun

  1. land granted to a clergyman as part of his benefice

  2. poetic land, esp when regarded as the source of growing things

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Other Word Forms

  • glebeless adjective

Etymology

Origin of glebe

1275–1325; Middle English < Latin glēba, glaeba clod of earth

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