P'ARSONAGE, noun In America, the glebe and house belonging to a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance of the incumbent or settled pastor of a church. 1. In England, the benefice of a parish, or the house appropriated to the residence of the incumbent. Parsonically, in Chesterfield, is not an authorized word.
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