rectory

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French rectorie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin rectoria. See rector.

Noun

rectory (plural rectories)

1. The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
2. The residence of an Anglican rector.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

Translations

residence of Roman Catholic priest

• Afrikaans: pastorie (af)
• Catalan: rectoria f, abadia (ca) f
• Dutch: pastorie (nl), pastorij (nl)
• Finnish: pappila (fi)
• French: presbytère (fr) m, cure (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Pfarrhaus (de) n
• Norman: rectorat m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: fara f

• Vietnamese: nhà xứ