church lands
Clergy's real estate
Church lands are property owned by a religious institution—typically a Christian church, diocese, or monastery.
Historically, churches accumulated vast landholdings through royal grants, bequests, and donations from the faithful.
The term appears most often in historical contexts discussing the wealth of medieval churches or seizures during the Reformation: Henry VIII confiscated church lands and distributed them to his supporters.
- glebeClergyman's endowed land
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
- tithe barnStorage for church levies
- chapelSmall worship room
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
bishopric · canon law · graveyard · burial ground · holy ground · sacred groves · colonial missions · cathedral · convent · monastery · monastic order · pilgrimage sites · abbey · parish house · field · rectory · zoning ordinance · parish register
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, French Revolution, Marie Antoinette
- feudal landsfief, fiefdom, demesne, manor, barony
- French CatholicismRoman Catholicism, Notre-Dame, Sacre-Coeur, Joan of Arc, Saint Bernadette
- Medieval English ChurchCanterbury, York, abbeys, priories, dioceses
- Spanish CatholicismCatholic Monarchs, Reconquista, Torquemada, penitentes, Isabella
- church landsglebe, benefice, parsonage, churchyard
church landsstate lands
Government-owned real property
government property · royal estates · public lands · noble estates · private estates