parsonage

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English parson

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -agebor.

Middle English -age

English -age

English parsonage

From parson + -age.

Noun

parsonage (plural parsonages)

1. The residence of the minister of a parish.

   Coordinate terms: curatage, vicarage, rectory, glebe-house, manse, pastorium

2. (obsolete) The house, lands, tithes, etc. set apart for the support of the minister of a parish.

   Coordinate terms: benefice, glebe-farm

Derived terms

• squarsonage

Translations

house provided by the church as residence of a priest.

• Czech: fara (cs) f
• Danish: præstegård c, præstebolig c
• Dutch: pastorie (nl)
• Faroese: prestagarður m
• Finnish: pappila (fi)
• French: cure (fr) f, presbytère (fr) m
• German: (evangelisches) Pfarrhaus n
• Hungarian: paplak (hu), plébánia (hu), parókia (hu)
• Polish: plebania (pl) f, probostwo (pl) n
• Silesian: fara f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: fara f

• Spanish: casa parroquial f, casa del cura f, casa rectoral f, rectoría (es) f
• Turkish: papaz evi

See also

• curateship, curacy
• rectorate
• vicarate
• vicarship