What is another word for Rectories?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈɛktəɹˌiz] (IPA)

Rectories are the residences of rectors, or the senior clergy members of the Christian church. Synonyms for the term 'rectories' are parsonages, presbyteries, vicarages, and abbots. Parsonages refer to the houses of Anglican clergy members, while presbyteries are the homes of pastors belonging to the Presbyterian denomination. Vicarages are the residences of vicars, who are priests appointed to a parish with the authority of the bishop. Lastly, the term abbots refers to the houses of the leader of a monastery or convent. Regardless of the synonym used, the term refers to a house of religious importance that has been the home of a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.

What are the hypernyms for Rectories?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Rectories

Often in the holidays he had accompanied relations on calls to Rectories and vicarages which were as poverty-stricken, as full of self-respecting economy, as was this house.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
The feeling against that church culminated in 1836, when Sir John Colborne, then lieutenant-governor, established forty-four Rectories in accordance with a suggestion made by Lord Goderich some years previously.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot
While the legality of Sir John Colborne's course was undoubted, it was calculated to create much indignant feeling among the dissenting bodies, who saw in the establishment of these Rectories an evidence of the intention of the British government to create a state church so far as practicable by law within the province.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot

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