How to Use rectory in a Sentence

rectory

noun

• The property runs along the side of the church and in front of the rectory.
  — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• But why had Irene agreed to go to the rectory that night?
  — CBS News, 27 Jan. 2018
• Leukas dries the herbs in the rectory and then puts them in small packets.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2021
• Besides the main church, the grounds of Five Wounds have been home to a rectory, a convent and a school.
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 July 2019
• As for the 9,000-square-foot rectory, that’s a future project.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 21 July 2021
• Malecki attended Mass with Maskell and lived close to the church's rectory at the time of her death.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 8 July 2023
• The main part of the house, built in the 18th century, served as a rectory for the adjacent church of St. Andrew.
  — Joshua Levine, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
• People would trickle in and out, but for the most part, Neary says, the rectory was empty.
  — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• There was even talk of housing workers here on student visas in the rectory of a church.
  — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
• The two go past the pews and up the stairs of the rectory, where the rest of the attendees are already gnoshing on cupcakes and chit-chatting.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
• After Mass, the priest walked Ernie to the building housing the office and rectory where, Cox alleges, the man raped him.
  — Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Dec. 2022
• And then Pliska moved out of the rectory in 2016 and the relics came up missing at that time, along with some furniture and other stuff.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
• The women on the hunger strike had come prepared with electrolyte drinks, and the priest shared the contents of the rectory pantry with those who were not striking.
  — Frances Robles, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2019
• The developer agreed to clad the bottom of the new tower in the same local stone and limestone trim used in the rectory.
  — Josh Barbanel, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
• The incident took place in a secluded garden between the church and the rectory, Boyd told the Press.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 23 May 2018
• When Mass is over, the boys file into the basement of the rectory, where boxes of doughnuts and the Rev. Eugene Schnipke awaits.
  — Joe Drape, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2019
• In 1896 on a lot adjoining the church Charles Short donated to build a rectory.
  — Cincinnati.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• The office fills what had been the boiler room of the monks' dormitory, or rectory.
  — Heather Millar, WIRED, 1 Aug. 1996
• Proceeds from the sale will help fund the refurbishing of the rectory in preparation for the calling of a new priest.
  — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 10 July 2018
• The church and the adjoining Rectory share a garden, which in late April is already abloom with roses.
  — Patti Nickell, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
• The restaurant also still uses its open-air courtyard, between the church and the rectory.
  — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• The officer parked at Lorain South Branch Library just west of the church rectory.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
• The rest of the rectory is to be converted into a bed-and-breakfast with six guest rooms, and a former garage out back will become a cafe.
  — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
• Everyone in the church knew that Mullah's home, in the church rectory, had been flooded by knee-high water.
  — Staff, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2017
• Jaramillo thinks the attack started at the church rectory.
  — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2017
• McCain is hoping to add St. Mary's School, the former rectory and the parish center, which was also the convent.
  — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2019
• Begin was well known for raising children in the rectory.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 June 2020
• They were married two days after her 18th birthday in the rectory of St. Benedict’s Church.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 8 May 2021
• Slevin offered to help him with his basketball skills and began inviting him to the rectory.
  — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2022
• In a statement, St. Peter’s described the priest as an out-of-town guest who had been using the rectory during his visit.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024