parsonage

• “Until later that night they became more curious, decided to go over to his home, which is what they call a parsonage, because essentially it's owned by the church itself.”

  CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2006

• “The farmers about here consider him as rolling in wealth, and I must say that, though the parsonage is absolutely bare of luxuries, one is not there often unpleasantly reminded that the parson is a poor man.”

  Oldtown Folks

• “The attractive three-bedroom parsonage is located on the church property.”

  The Navy and Married Life

• “When he called the parsonage, however, Maria Price answered the phone and informed him that Helen was spending the evening with old Mrs. Crowell, who lived but a little way from the Snow place.”

  The Portygee

• “Biddlecombehad explained to me upon the subject of our conversation that night. our rough friend in the boat told truth. & his reason for so strongly objecting to your becoming an inmate at the parsonage is because the Lady [2] has not been a better women than she ought to be — nor quite so good.”

  Letter 225

• “Under a provision of the tax code known as the parsonage allowance, first passed in 1921, an ordained clergy member may live tax-free in a home owned by his or her religious organization or receive a tax-free annual payment to buy or rent a home if the congregation approves.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Tax Break for Clergy Questioned

• “An icy chill ran down her spine as Abbie recognized the voice as belonging to the same woman who had called the parsonage the other night.”

  Simon & Schuster: For the Love of God

• “To them, the great rambling barn back of the parsonage was a most delightful place.”

  Prudence of the Parsonage

• “Across the street from the parsonage was a little white cottage set back among tall cedars.”

  Prudence of the Parsonage

• “The parsonage is a relic of the family-mansion, or castle, other portions of which are close at hand; for, across the garden, rise two gray towers, both of them picturesquely venerable, and interesting for more than their antiquity.”

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861

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