How to Use rectory in a Sentence

rectory

noun
  • The property runs along the side of the church and in front of the rectory.
    Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • But why had Irene agreed to go to the rectory that night?
    CBS News, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Leukas dries the herbs in the rectory and then puts them in small packets.
    Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2021
  • Besides the main church, the grounds of Five Wounds have been home to a rectory, a convent and a school.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 July 2019
  • After the rectory was finished, the church began the drive for the new church.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
  • As for the 9,000-square-foot rectory, that’s a future project.
    John Benson, cleveland, 21 July 2021
  • Malecki attended Mass with Maskell and lived close to the church's rectory at the time of her death.
    Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 8 July 2023
  • The main part of the house, built in the 18th century, served as a rectory for the adjacent church of St. Andrew.
    Joshua Levine, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • People would trickle in and out, but for the most part, Neary says, the rectory was empty.
    Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • There was even talk of housing workers here on student visas in the rectory of a church.
    Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • The two go past the pews and up the stairs of the rectory, where the rest of the attendees are already gnoshing on cupcakes and chit-chatting.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
  • After Mass, the priest walked Ernie to the building housing the office and rectory where, Cox alleges, the man raped him.
    Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Dec. 2022
  • And then Pliska moved out of the rectory in 2016 and the relics came up missing at that time, along with some furniture and other stuff.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The women on the hunger strike had come prepared with electrolyte drinks, and the priest shared the contents of the rectory pantry with those who were not striking.
    Frances Robles, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The developer agreed to clad the bottom of the new tower in the same local stone and limestone trim used in the rectory.
    Josh Barbanel, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The incident took place in a secluded garden between the church and the rectory, Boyd told the Press.
    Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 23 May 2018
  • When Mass is over, the boys file into the basement of the rectory, where boxes of doughnuts and the Rev. Eugene Schnipke awaits.
    Joe Drape, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2019
  • In 1896 on a lot adjoining the church Charles Short donated to build a rectory.
    Cincinnati.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The office fills what had been the boiler room of the monks' dormitory, or rectory.
    Heather Millar, WIRED, 1 Aug. 1996
  • Proceeds from the sale will help fund the refurbishing of the rectory in preparation for the calling of a new priest.
    Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 10 July 2018
  • The church and the adjoining Rectory share a garden, which in late April is already abloom with roses.
    Patti Nickell, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • The restaurant also still uses its open-air courtyard, between the church and the rectory.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The officer parked at Lorain South Branch Library just west of the church rectory.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
  • The rest of the rectory is to be converted into a bed-and-breakfast with six guest rooms, and a former garage out back will become a cafe.
    New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Everyone in the church knew that Mullah's home, in the church rectory, had been flooded by knee-high water.
    Staff, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Jaramillo thinks the attack started at the church rectory.
    CBS News, 16 Apr. 2017
  • McCain is hoping to add St. Mary's School, the former rectory and the parish center, which was also the convent.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2019
  • Begin was well known for raising children in the rectory.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 June 2020
  • They were married two days after her 18th birthday in the rectory of St. Benedict’s Church.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 8 May 2021
  • The premises also includes a rectory, convent and school.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2024

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