glebe
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin glēba "lump of earth, a clod".
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
glebe (plural glebes)
- Turf; soil; ground; sod.
- 1768, Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard":
- Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,
- Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke
- 1768, Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard":
- (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
[edit] Usage notes
- A number of places are named Glebe.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
turf
area of land belonging to a parish
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
glebe f.
- Plural form of gleba.
