as in vicarage
the building in which a parson lives
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Recent Examples of parsonage
The adjoining parsonage is now two apartments and that conversion was a snap compared to what it’s taken to retrofit the main church, its steeple and set of bronze bells.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
Located four doors down from MLK’s parsonage, the house was a haven for freedom riders.
—The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
The current school building was constructed in 1927 and remained in use until 1945, when it was closed and converted into a parsonage for the church, the release said.
—Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
The townhouse’s story begins in mass tragedy, as the parsonage for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark.
—John Leland, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
Located four doors down from MLK’s parsonage, the house was a haven for freedom riders.
—The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
The current school building was constructed in 1927 and remained in use until 1945, when it was closed and converted into a parsonage for the church, the release said.
—Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
The townhouse’s story begins in mass tragedy, as the parsonage for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark.
—John Leland, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsonage
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Neighbors fear ‘screaming, shouting, and splashing’ The Sun first reported that Horner and Halliwell had sent off planning permission last year to build a 40ft x 16ft swimming pool at their vicarage house residence, which Horner bought for £2 million ($2.5 million) in 2006.—
Ryan Hogg,
Fortune Europe,
27 Mar. 2024
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In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies.—
Joshua Levine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Mar. 2022
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Those churches often had schools, convents, gymnasiums and rectories.—
Lainey Seyler,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Dec. 2024
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The series, which has earned a six-episode order from Acorn TV, features Lewis as Canon Daniel Clement, who shares the rectory with his widowed mother and two dachshunds.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
19 Dec. 2024
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The nearly 19,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style manse has nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
10 Jan. 2025
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About this other woman with all these identifying details—who finds her father hanging in the garage of the family manse—in Falcon’s Flight.—
Ayad Akhtar,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2024
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For example, the tax code allows taxpayers to exclude from their income amounts received from insurance for the temporary additional living expenses created by the wildfire resulting from the loss of the taxpayer’s principal residence.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Officers made several attempts to make contact with Esposito, who eventually came out of his residence and was taken into police custody, according to Murgo.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2025
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One area where Bodek says the county hasn’t been able to have much effect: the locations of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Over 7,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed in the blaze and 26% of damage inspections for dwellings have been completed.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Aflame, by Pico Iyer Travel writer and spiritual thinker Pico Iyer has spent time at a Benedictine hermitage in California, a seemingly idyllic setting.—
Staff,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Jan. 2025
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An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.—
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo,
Quartz,
8 Apr. 2024
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Located about 15 minutes outside of the historic Western film-worthy downtown core and perched high in the Mountain Village neighborhood, the one-of-a-kind abode was designed by Tom Conyers Architects and built in 2015 by Gerber Construction, with interior design by Thomas Hamel and Associates.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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Per investigators, he is suspected of using fire escape stairs in the rear of Khan's residential building to enter the actor's abode.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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His only things were, there’s a house with a presence in it.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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Inside, the house is now completely empty of furniture.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Parsonage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsonage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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