glebe

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Derived terms 2 Italian 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• glēb, /gliːb/, /gli:b/

[edit] Noun

glebe (plural glebes)

1. 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

2. (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

• glebe-house
• glebe-land

---

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

glebe f.

1. Plural form of gleba.