what is glebe? where dose the name of glebe come from?

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what is glebe? where dose the name of glebe come from?

2006-09-25 14:47:16 · 2 answers · asked by Nixia T 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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In medieval Europe, a glebe was an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses. A glebe-house is a rectory, built for the parish priest, vicar, pastor, or rector, usually at church expense.

Look up Glebe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.It is also the name of several places:
In Australia:

2006-09-25 15:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by pelancha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Land belonging to a church

2006-09-25 19:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋