Glebe

/ɡliːb/

Synonyms for "glebe" (41 found)

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Closest matches (9)

acres alluviumcare of soulschargechurch houseclay clod country crust

Strong matches (12)

curacy cure deanery dirtdry landdust earth freehold grassland ground incumbency landholding

Related words (20)

living mold mould moulder mouldy parsonage pastoratereal estatereal propertyrectory region sod soil subsoilterra firmaterrain territory topsoil vicarage woodland

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acres demesne estate landlanded estate

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1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke

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Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.

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