Par"son*age (?), n.

1. Eng. Eccl.Law

A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

2.

The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.

3.

Money paid for the support of a parson.

[Scot.]

What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for? Sir W. Scott.

 

© Webster 1913.

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