rectories

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rectories - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rectory \Rec"to*ry\ (-t?*r?), n.; pl. Rectories (-r?z). [Cf.
     OF. rectorie or rectorerie, LL. rectoria.]
     1. The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or
        spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
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     2. A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
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