Glebe (?), n. [F. glebe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.]
1.
A lump; a clod.
2.
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine.
Milton.
3. Eccl.Law
The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
© Webster 1913.