parsonage

[ pahr-suh-nij ]

noun

1. the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
2. English Ecclesiastical Law. the benefice of a parson.

parsonage

/ ˈpɑːsənɪdʒ /

noun

1. the residence of a parson who is not a rector or vicar, as provided by the parish

Word History and Origins

Origin of parsonage¹

1250–1300; Middle English personage < Anglo-French, equivalent to Medieval Latin persōnāticum benefice. See parson, -age

Example Sentences

The police say they believe that around this time “forced entry was made into the parsonage and a violent struggle ensued.”

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Armed guards sought to protect King after that, and for a time guns were commonplace in his parsonage.

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In December 2008, a search warrant was executed at the Reeders UMC parsonage.

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The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.

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There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.

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They rented a house, for the place didn't afford a parsonage, and began the long dreary year that was to follow.

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The Padre Manoel Gomez received us very kindly, and our pic-nic was spread in the ample veranda of his parsonage.

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In King's Warren Parsonage the vicar's wife was seated at her little table.

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