RECTORY
Dictionary entry overview: What does rectory mean? • RECTORY (noun)
The noun RECTORY has 1 sense:
1. an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
Familiarity information: RECTORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECTORY (noun)
Meaning:
An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
parsonage; rectory; vicarage
Hypernyms ("rectory" is a kind of...):
residence (the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rectory"):
glebe house (a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice))
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