- Brit land granted to a member of the clergy as part of a benefice
- poetic land, esp when regarded as the source of growing things
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glebe
(glēb),USA pronunciation n.
glebe′less, adj.
- British TermsAlso called glebe′ land′. [Chiefly Brit.]the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- [Archaic.]soil;
field.
- Latin glēba, glaeba clod of earth
- Middle English 1275–1325
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glebe /ɡliːb/ n
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