parsonage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
    vicarage; rectory.

WordNet

Par"son*age noun
Definitions
  1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.
  2. The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.
  3. Money paid for the support of a parson. Scot.
    What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for? Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913