glebe

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(glēb)

noun

  1. a piece of church land forming part or all of a benefice
  2. Archaic soil; earth; esp., a piece of cultivated land

Origin: ME < L gleba, clod, lump of earth (in ML(Ec), glebe), akin to globus: see globe

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noun
  1. A plot of land belonging or yielding profit to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
  2. Archaic The soil or earth; land.

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Origin: Latin glēba, clod

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