as in vicarage
the building in which a parson lives
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Recent Examples of parsonage
Now there are, of course, there's something called a parsonage exception where members of the clergy in the United States can exclude the value of their dwelling, but there's rules that go around with that.
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Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Following the break from the church, the Jonas family moved out of the parsonage house and into a two-bedroom home.
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Ilana Frost,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
In the application, the organization claimed to own 11 churches, a parsonage and Powell’s residence as assets.
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Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
16 July 2025
The Haworth parsonage already attracts nearly one million visitors each year, per the Guardian.
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Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for parsonage
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Following the break from the church, the Jonas family moved out of the parsonage house and into a two-bedroom home.
—
Ilana Frost,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
In the application, the organization claimed to own 11 churches, a parsonage and Powell’s residence as assets.
—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
16 July 2025
The Haworth parsonage already attracts nearly one million visitors each year, per the Guardian.
—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for parsonage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsonage
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Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.
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In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies.
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The rectory, where Storey lived, is across the street and has a Prairie Village address.
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This means a daily morning and midday Mass, on top of Sunday services, 13 confession times a week, and a treasured personal life on the third floor of the rectory, which has been his home for two decades.
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All eyes are on Taylor Swift and her Rhode Island manse as the pop superstar gets ready to wed Travis Kelce.
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Attempts to find a buyer for the manse failed in 2009, when the in-demand player transferred to Spanish team Real Madrid; it was instead rented out, most notably to Man U player Luke Shaw in 2014 for $11,500 a month.
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Per The Guardian, Harry specifically requested police protection outside of royal residences to ensure his family's safety.
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Letters may be up to 200 words and must be signed with your email address, city of residence and daytime phone number for verification.
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From here the route winds south past the town of Telluride, with its legendary skiing and film, jazz and bluegrass festivals, and out to Mesa Verde National Park, where Puebloan people carved gorgeous cliff dwellings in the buttes and gorges.
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The owner has subsequently been unable to occupy or rent the dwelling, and her only recourse has been to price it below market value and attempt to sell.
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These people would then come to your hermitage to suggest an alternative.
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On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.
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Now that Love's eight children are all grown up and out of the house, the family has opted to sell the home and look for something smaller near Lake Tahoe, according to the listing agency.
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Plaintiffs have used internal documents from the companies to allege that, in house, people have long recognized a correlation between NEC and the use of preterm formulas made from cow’s milk.
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The five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath abode spans roughly 4,500 square feet.
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“Parsonage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsonage. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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