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GLEBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("glebe" is a kind of...):
acres; demesne; estate; land; landed estate (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use)