'Glebe' definitions:
Definition of 'glebe'
(from WordNet)
noun
Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
Definition of 'Glebe'
From: GCIDE
- Glebe \Glebe\, n. [F. gl[`e]be, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.]
- 1. A lump; a clod. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Turf; soil; ground; sod. [1913 Webster]
- Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. [1913 Webster]