glebe lands
Parish farming grounds
Glebe lands are property belonging to a church parish, historically set aside to support the local clergy.
The priest or minister could farm the land or collect rent from tenants, providing income in lieu of or supplementing a salary.
The term appears primarily in historical and legal contexts: The old glebe lands were sold when the diocese consolidated parishes.
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- country parsonRural parish priest
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
- parishLocal church community
- rectorParish clergy chief
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- church landsglebe, benefice, parsonage, church property, churchyard
- church financestithes, offerings, donations, giving, pledges
- church propertychurch building, abbey, rectory, manse, glebe
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, parish