What is the land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice called?
glebe — (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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