rectory

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Recent Examples of rectory The series, which has earned a six-episode order from Acorn TV, features Lewis as Canon Daniel Clement, who shares the rectory with his widowed mother and two dachshunds. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 19 Dec. 2024 Clement shares his rectory with his opinionated and fearless widowed mother and two dachshund dogs. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024 Ben leaves to grab some bricks from the rectory to do it that night; Sister Andrea isn’t messing around. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 July 2024 The boys’ family moved to Mexico in 1986, but Baker, over the next 13 years, flew them to Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Arizona, where the abuse allegedly continued until 1999, at least once in the priest’s rectory in Los Angeles County, court records show. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rectory
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Noun
  • Neighbors fear ‘screaming, shouting, and splashing’ The Sun first reported that Horner and Halliwell had sent off planning permission last year to build a 40ft x 16ft swimming pool at their vicarage house residence, which Horner bought for £2 million ($2.5 million) in 2006.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies.
    Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • When Johnson retired, Seay-Hubbard purchased the home and converted it into a parsonage of the church until clergy no longer wanted to reside there.
    Jennifer Lindahl, The Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The church building and parsonage, both owned by the National Park Service, are part of the national historical park along with Tubman’s former brick home, a visitor center, an administrative building, and the reconstructed Home for the Aged and Indigent Negroes, which are privately owned.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
Noun
  • Soaring ceilings and floor-to-ceiling views of the river and Manhattan skyline beyond make for a truly impressive crash pad. $42 million manse Lamar’s latest real estate purchase is also his priciest.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Unlike Bundchen, Brady doesn’t appear to have moved onto a new relationship, so perhaps the waterfront two-level manse is too big for his needs.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As OpenAI’s first artist in residence, Reben worked extensively with beta AI technologies for making art.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The result is a space that feels both classic and fresh, with cutting-edge amenities and plenty of vintage detailing that reflect the residence’s circa 19th-century roots.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Pico Iyer makes time for retreats at a Benedictine hermitage in California.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
  • When Iyer’s wife accompanies him on a visit to the hermitage, the monks greet her warmly.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Densification—constructing multifamily units, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and mixed-use developments—maximizes land use.
    Seth Gellis, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Current policies that could be a template for regulatory revamping, according to the report: the state’s bolstering of accessory dwelling units, electric vehicle charging stations and certain environmental restoration projects.
    CalMatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Video footage captured plumes of smoke and flames wafting above a treeline and houses in the Carolina Forest.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Dramatic video from Sunday morning showed firefighters battling flames as the fire neared houses.
    Amy Graff, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The ballpark design would see a seating capacity of 32,000 with a clear, retractable roof, allowing the facility to be used year round and ensure walk-up and guaranteed games, especially in the spring and early fall when Portland can see wetter weather.
    Maury Brown, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Photo : Annabel Moeller Photography The angled roof shelters several balconies on the upper floor.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Rectory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectory. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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