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Glebe
Area of land to support a parish priest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Glebe (disambiguation).
Glebe (/ɡliːb/; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))[1][2] is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved to the church.
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