glebe

glebe  (glb)

n.

1. A plot of land belonging or yielding profit to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.

2. Archaic The soil or earth; land.

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[Latin glba, clod.]

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glebe [gliːb]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Brit land granted to a clergyman as part of his benefice

2. Poetic land, esp when regarded as the source of growing things

[from Latin glaeba]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glebe - plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office acres, demesne, landed estate, estate, land - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

Translations

glebe [gliːb] N → terreno m beneficial

glebe

n (Eccl) → Pfarrland nt; glebe house → pfarreieigenes Haus; (= vicarage) → Pfarrhaus nt