Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Land belonging to a church, benefice, or religious house; land vested in an ecclesiastical body.
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Examples
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It was formerly church-land belonging to Icolmkill, and a hermit lived in it.
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Elsewhere in the same play, Webster alludes bitterly to "begging church-land."
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And here I give to you in hand each church-land all free; and I forgive to each widow her lord's testament, and each shall love other as though they were brothers.
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
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It was formerly church-land belonging to Icolmkill, and a hermit lived in it.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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There is a cathedral on St. Peter's mountain, -- the mountain itself is church-land; and the lazy canon, awakened by the general talk, laid claim to poor Hoffmann's wonderful fossil as _his_ property.
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At the death of Farmer Humphreys, the church-land he had occupied was taken from his widow, who was now fallen into decay, and unable to assist the necessitous pastor she so truly revered.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Jane West 1805
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It was formerly church-land belonging to Icolmkill, and a hermit lived in it.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. James Boswell 1767
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Irish church-land measure is the same as planta - tion.
Statistical Survey of the County of Antrim: With Observations on the Means of Improvement; Drawn ... John Dubourdieu , Royal Dublin Society 1812
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It was formerly church-land belonging to Icglmkill, and a hermit lived 'in it.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D ... 1785
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