(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:31:27

Rec"to*ry (-t?*r?), n.; pl. Rectories (-rz). [Cf. OF. rectorie or rectorerie, LL. rectoria.]

1.

The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.

2.

A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.

 

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