rectory - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • ring: Please contact Canon Michael or ring the Rectory for more information.
  • hold: Newman, who held the rectory 45 years, and died in 1837.
  • value: The benefice is a rectory valued in the King's Book at £ 7 7s.

Preposition: in

  • diocese: The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon.
  • patronage: The Living is a rectory in the patronage of the Duke of Cornwall; and the tithes are commuted at £ 250.

Adjective modifier

  • Georgian: There are case studies from people who have renovated everything from a working windmill to a Georgian rectory.
  • Victorian: The fine example of a Victorian Rectory dated 1876 stands in secluded grounds with mature trees which provide a haven for wildlife.
  • former: The property was the former Rectory to North Walsham Parish Church.
  • old: See the sign to the plaque in the wall where the old rectory stood.
  • present: The present rectory was built by the late Canon Sir John Hobart Culme Seymour, who was rector from 1830 to 1880.
  • new: Borley's new rectory was built on the very spot where an old mansion had once stood.

Modifies a noun

  • manor: He became very wealthy and bought the rectory manor of Penistone which he bestowed on Godfrey.
  • cottage: Rectory Cottage is en route for the Cambrian Way and the Marches Way.
  • garden: New houses now stand where the rectory garden used to be.
  • house: The rectory gate house could have been demolished at the time the new Mermaid was built.
  • farm: Rectory Farm is a large thatched farmhouse at the bottom of the street on the right hand side.
  • ground: The Horticultural Society's annual show is held in the Rectory ground on August 23rd.

Noun used with modifier

  • sinecure: The parish church of Hackney was a sinecure rectory, ( fn.
  • century: Antique lovers will feel at home at Egerton Gray, a former 17th century Rectory.

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