glebe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office

WordNet

Glebe noun
Etymology
F. glèbe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.
Definitions
  1. A lump; a clod.
  2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
    Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. Milton.
  3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

Webster 1913