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What is a rectory?

What is a rectory? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
  2. The residence of an Anglican rector.
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The prestige of the gentry remained high, since they often owned the advowson and had a cousin or an uncle in the rectory as well.
He stressed that while the rectory is the vicar's home, the property belongs to the diocese, which made the final decision to carry out the work.
The rectory blinked in amber glitters between a scraggly screen of kapok trees fronting it.
Eusebio pointed with pride to its church and rectory, carpenter shop, blacksmith forge, and water mill.
He will be residing in the refurbished rectory in Riverstown with his wife, Bridget and their three children.
The venue for all this intellectual argy-bargy was the rectory of Sacred Heart Church in Hubbard Woods, where my Uncle Reynold was pastor.

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