rectory
noun
rec·to·ry
ˈrek-t(ə-)rē 
plural rectories
1
: a benefice held by a rector
2
: a residence of a rector or a parish priest
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Many of England’s foremost scientists traveled to the Yorkshire village and stayed at the rectory.
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Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Among these were a man shooting and killing a priest outside a Kansas rectory, a person attempting to burn a cross outside of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Indiana, and an assailant ransacking a Wichita, Kansas, church to scrawl satanic imagery on its walls.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
In his rectory, Toller has donned and armed Michael’s explosive vest, then covered it with a black Genevan gown and white stole, preparing to sacrifice himself, the attendant luminaries, and First Reformed itself in an act of environmental protest.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Lohan’s role in director Robert Rodriguez’s pulpy, violent action fantasy is very small — she's named April and spends much of the movie unconscious in a rectory.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Among these were a man shooting and killing a priest outside a Kansas rectory, a person attempting to burn a cross outside of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Indiana, and an assailant ransacking a Wichita, Kansas, church to scrawl satanic imagery on its walls.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
In his rectory, Toller has donned and armed Michael’s explosive vest, then covered it with a black Genevan gown and white stole, preparing to sacrifice himself, the attendant luminaries, and First Reformed itself in an act of environmental protest.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Lohan’s role in director Robert Rodriguez’s pulpy, violent action fantasy is very small — she's named April and spends much of the movie unconscious in a rectory.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rectory
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“Rectory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rectory. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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