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Recent Examples of rectory
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
The new film promises a return from the exhausting Greek Island excesses of Glass Onion to the more compact pleasures of the first movie, swapping the country house for a small Catholic church and rectory in upstate New York.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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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
The new film promises a return from the exhausting Greek Island excesses of Glass Onion to the more compact pleasures of the first movie, swapping the country house for a small Catholic church and rectory in upstate New York.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectory
Noun
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Neighbors fear ‘screaming, shouting, and splashing’ The Sun first reported that Horner and Halliwell had sent off planning permission last year to build a 40ft x 16ft swimming pool at their vicarage house residence, which Horner bought for £2 million ($2.5 million) in 2006.—
Ryan Hogg,
Fortune Europe,
27 Mar. 2024
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As the anger beyond the vicarage rises, the tenor of the debates across the kitchen table grow more urgent.—
Gordon Cox,
Variety,
6 July 2022
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Going into the clergy was a common choice for educated young men of middling means, and Malthus was able to secure a parsonage in Wotton, Surrey.—
Roy Scranton,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Sep. 2025
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Now there are, of course, there's something called a parsonage exception where members of the clergy in the United States can exclude the value of their dwelling, but there's rules that go around with that.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Levine and Prinsloo are leaving the SoCal manse behind in favor of a home closer to their children’s school.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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The 15,500-square-foot, seven-bedroom manse conveniently has its own movie theater, wine cellar and helipad for easy commutes.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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Lorch contacted Hernandez’s mother, who now had a permanent residence in the Bronx.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Responding authorities found the residence in disarray, with blood splattered on the furniture, walls, floor and counters, the DA's office said.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The excavation began in February 2025, in anticipation of future housing development near a modern-day hermitage, according to a statement from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP).—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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The Abbey of Saint Gall, originally a hermitage south of Lake Constance, was founded by one of his companions, Saint Gall (or Gallus).—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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These compact dwellings often include modern features, such as floor-to-ceiling windows, smart-home automation, and rooftop decks.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Inside the Deer Valley dwelling, Carter staged subtle status symbols, like a faux version of Damien Hirst’s Beautiful Bleeding Wound Over the Materialism of Money Painting in the entryway.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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Earlier in the day, Kardashian was spotted attending the All's Fair premiere in Paris wearing a baby blue vintage Dior by John Galliano gown from the house's Spring/Summer 2000 collection.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Seriously, the answers are like, not all that far from her house.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The jump in homeless students, advocates say, represents a swell in local families who have no roof over their heads.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Some readers may be very familiar with these exact swirls on the roof, hood and trunk of their cars.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Rectory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectory. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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