glebe

• Later, where glebe was allotted for the parson's benefit, the poorer parts were apparently considered good enough for the purpose, so that we generally expect to find the glebe on somewhat inferior land. —  Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
• I wonder what Sydney FC fans make of Denilson being linked this morning with a guest stint at the club? kevin from glebe: kurt … …. .i lived in sweden for 8 months in the city of Malmo which is the closest swedish city to Denmark primarily Copenhagen which is just over a bridge (Oresund Bridge). the Danes are nuts about the sport ... —  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion
• But by this time my glebe was not the only land on which I could plant my foot and say, Lo, thou art mine! —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
• To whom would they run to tell of his coming 363-11] The glebe is the turf. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
• He was supported partly by the produce of the "glebe," or land belonging to the parish church, partly by tithe, a tax estimated at one-tenth of the income of each man's land, partly by the offerings of the people. —  An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England

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