rectory

• “This rectory is a delightful place to be in, in warm weather; but in winter, it must be the reverse of comfortable; all the room-windows opening as doors into the garden, vines hanging over them, &c., &c.”

  Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle

• “What will your reaction be when you call the rectory to have Father come over because your Mom is dying and he replies, "Gee, sorry, I promised I'd take the kids to Disneyland today.”

  Man sues Crosiers religious order, alleging sexual abuse 20+ years ago

• “I'll have to call the rectory and see if tickets are still available.”

  What to do for Friday?

• “The library at the rectory was a spacious and handsome room, in the centre of which stood a large writing-table, at which the”

  Dr. Wortle's school

• “The rectory was a rather ugly stone house down by the river”

  The Virgin and the Gypsy

• “Before she had left Holy Oaks, she had called the rectory and had spoken to Monsignor McKindry, uncaring that she was acting like a neurotic mother hen.”

  Simon & Schuster: HEARTBREAKER

• “The rectory was a fine old house, crowned by a belvedere, with Carpenter's Gothic trim and long French windows, a house that captured and stored the available light.”

  Incubus

• “Not that the baby would be out in the frigid air for long, of course—just until Sondra could get to a phone and call the rectory.”

  Simon & Schuster: All Through The Night

• “The rectory is the second, and larger, of two houses on the right, though now occupied as a farmhouse.”

  Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter

• “But the pride of the rectory was the orchid-house, and insensibly everybody gravitated towards it.”

  The Vision of Desire

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