What does "glebe" mean?
Glebe: Turf; soil; ground; sod. Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.(Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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