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rectory

 
Dictionary: rec·to·ry   (rĕk'tə-rē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ries.
  1. The house in which a parish priest or minister lives.
    1. An Anglican rector's dwelling.
    2. An Anglican rector's office and benefice.

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Architecture: rectory
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The residence of a rector.


WordNet: rectory
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
  Synonyms: parsonage, vicarage


Wikipedia: Rectory
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Steventon rectory, once home to Jane Austen

A rectory is the residence of a leader of a local Christian church. Many former rectories may still be referred to locally as a rectory once a church or religious organisation has vacated the property.

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 a church leader is often married and raising children. A 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 ministers. 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.



The Rectory of St. Paul's School, Darjeeling is one of the oldest buildings in Darjeeling built during the British India Era in 1813. It was the residence of the owner of the Jalapahar estate until 1846 when the estate was acquired by Bishop Cotton to establish St. Paul's School. The splendid building was christened the 'Rectory' and is used today as the official residence of the school Rector (principal) and his family.



Translations: Rectory
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - præstebolig, præstegård

Nederlands (Dutch)
pastorie

Français (French)
n. - presbytère (anglican)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pfarrhaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) πρεσβυτέριο

Italiano (Italian)
canonica

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

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 牧師館

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منصب القسيس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית הכומר‬


 
 
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