- The house in which a parish priest or minister lives.
- An Anglican rector's dwelling.
- An Anglican rector's office and benefice.
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Depending on denomination, local custom, and the status of the minister, the building inhabited (or formerly inhabited) by the leader of a local Christian church can be referred to by one of several names. In Roman Catholic churches it is often called a rectory, sometimes a presbytery. Traditionally, Catholic rectories housed several priests from a parish, as opposed to other denominations where the church leader is often married and raising children. The rectory also often functions as the administrative office of the local parish.
In churches that are members of the Anglican Communion, the building will most commonly be called a rectory or vicarage, depending on the status of the incumbent. Methodists might refer to it as a manse or parsonage, while the latter is quite frequently used in English-speaking Lutheran churches. Manse is the usual name for the house of a Church of Scotland minister. Pastorium is the usual term in the Southern United States, especially among Baptists. These homes are traditionally owned and maintained by the church, as a benefit to their minister. The practice continues to this day in many denominations because of the tendency of church officials to be sent from one church to another at relatively frequent intervals. Many buildings described as "vicarage" or "rectory" that are sold by the church retain their former names, often qualified, such as "The Old Rectory", etc.
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| Translations: Rectory |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - præstebolig, præstegård
Français (French)
n. - presbytère (anglican)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Pfarrhaus
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) πρεσβυτέριο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - reitoria (f)
Русский (Russian)
дом приходского священника
Español (Spanish)
n. - rectoría, casa del párroco
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pastorat, prästgård
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
教区长的管区
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 教區長的管區
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 교구목사의 주택, 목사관
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) منصب القسيس
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בית הכומר
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